Question

Sully is riding a snowmobile on a flat, snow-covered surface with a constant velocity of 10 meters/second. The total mass of the snowmobile, including Sully, is 280 kilograms. If Sully accelerates to a velocity of 16 meters/second over 10 seconds, what’s the force exerted by the snowmobile to accelerate? Use F = ma, where .

Answer 1

16-10= 6
6/10=.6
F=280*.6
Your answer would be 168.

Answer 2

Answer : 168 Newtons.

Explanation : At first when Sully is riding a snowmobile on a flat, snow covered surface with the constant velocity of 10 meters/second, the total mass is 280 Kg;

When sully accelerates to velocity of 16 meters/second over 10 seconds.

The net change in constant velocity will be 16 - 10 = 6;

Therefore, net acceleration will be the ratio of change in velocity by time;

6 / 10 = 0. 6 meters/second.

Using the given formula for finding the force will be F = ma

Here, m = 280 Kg a = 0.6

Therefore, Force = 280 X 0.6 = 168 Newtons.

So, the force exerted by the snowmobile to accelerate will be 168 Newtons.