why does a truck take longer to accelerate to 100km/hr when its pulling a 1,000 kg trailer than when it isn't

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why does a truck take longer to accelerate to 100km/hr when its pulling a 1,000 kg trailer than when it isn't

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Because it has more mass so with less mass it accelerates faster. That is newtons 2nd law of motion.

Binjie Liang answered Jun 19, 2018

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