Question

2. The following formula relates three quantities: Force (F), mass (m), and acceleration (a).

F = ma
(a) Solve this equation for a.
(b) Let the force be units and the mass be m = 10 units. What is the acceleration, a?
(c) Let the force be F = 25 units and the acceleration be a = 5 units. What is the mass, m?

Answer 1

a) f=ma

a=f/m

b) are You sure you typed it correct?

c) f=ma

25=m(5)
m=25/5
m=5

Answer 2

Explanation:

(a) Since we have F = ma and we have to solve for a

there is multiplication between m and a and in order to solve for a ,we need to apply opposite operation of multiplication ,therefore dividing both sides by m ,we get
`(F)/(m)=a`

(b) Let F be the force and m = 10 units is mass

acceleration =
`(force)/(mass)` [ If we have given value of F then we divide the value of F by 10 to get acceleration value.

=
`(F)/(10)`

(c) Mass m will be given by equation

`m=(F)/(a) =(25)/(5) =5 units`