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What types of objects would be more easily move by an applied force?

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What types of objects would be more easily moved by an applied force.

Step-by-step explanation:

From Newton's second law of motion, the force applied on an object is given by the product of the mass of the object and the acceleration peoduced in the object due to applied force.

That is,


F=ma

On rearranging,


(F)/(m)=a

From the above equation, it is clear that the mass of an object is inversely proportional to the acceleration of the object. That is, for an applied force, the acceleration will be greater if the mass of the object is less.

Thus the ligher objects are more easily moved by an applied force.

Examples for lighter objects are small balls like table tennis balls, golf balls, etc.

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