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Ryan hit a baseball with an acceleration of 20 m/s2. The mass of the baseball is 0.5 kg. What is the force?

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Well to find the answer for force, the formula is mass X acceleration.
So, 20m/s² X 0.5kg = 10kg-m/s².
But, because we measure force in Newtons, we have to change the units (kg/m/s²) to Newtons.
1N (newton) equals to 1kg-m/s² and because we had 10, your answer is
10N
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