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A 500 kg compact car and a 1500 kg truck are accelerated equally.which vehicle exerts more force?how many times more?

(im guessing the 1500kg truck exerts more force but i don't know how to solve for how many times more)

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The truck doesn't "exert more force".

It TAKES more force to accelerate the truck at the same rate
as the car, because the truck has more mass.

Think:
In order to move two rocks, you have to push harder on the heavy one
than you do on the lighter one.

How much more ?

In order to produce the same acceleration . . .

half as much mass ===> half as much force

twice as much mass ===> twice as much force

ten times as much mass ===> ten times as much force

a 1500-kg truck
compared to
a 500-kg car . . . triple the mass ===> triple the force, in order
to accelerate them equally .

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