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if you throw a 0.25-kg ball with a force of 20 n, what's the acceleration of the ball? a. 80 m/s2 b. 12.5 m/s2 c. 5 m/s2 d. 40 m/s2
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if you throw a 0.25-kg ball with a force of 20 n, what's the acceleration of the ball? a. 80 m/s2 b. 12.5 m/s2 c. 5 m/s2 d. 40 m/s2

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To answer this question, we can use Newton's Second Law:

F = ma

We know that:
F = 20N
m = 0.25kg

So, we can plug what we know into the equation and isolate for the acceleration.

20 = 0.25a

a = 80m/s^2 which corresponds to answer A
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