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A shopping cart accelerates 0.5 m/s2 when a net force of 8 N is applied to it. What is the mass of the shopping cart?

A shopping cart accelerates 0.5 m/s2 when a net force of 8 N is applied to it. What is the mass of the shopping cart?
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A shopping cart accelerates 0.5 m/s2 when a net force of 8 N is applied to it. What is the mass of the shopping cart?

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Use Newton's second law:

Force = (mass) (acceleration)

Divide each side
by (acceleration): Force / acceleration = mass

8 N / 0.5 m/s² = mass

Mass = 16 kg
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