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Ryan built wooden toys. Each toy had a mass of M kilograms. What was the total mass of the toys that he built? Write your answer in simplest form.

a) 2M kilograms
b) M^2 kilograms
c) M kilograms
d) 3M kilograms

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Final answer:

The total mass of the wooden toys that Ryan built is a multiple of the mass of one toy, represented as M kilograms. Without the number of toys specified, we cannot provide a single total mass, but the correct form would be multiples of M (e.g., 2M, 3M, etc.).

Step-by-step explanation:

The subject of this question is Mathematics and it looks at the concept of mass in relation to Newton’s Second Law of Motion. The question essentially asks for the total mass of wooden toys built by Ryan, assuming each toy has a mass of M kilograms.

To determine the total mass of multiple objects, we sum the mass of each individual object. If Ryan built 1 toy, the mass would be M kilograms. If he built 2 toys, the total mass would be M + M which simplifies to 2M kilograms. Similarly, for 3 toys, the mass would be M + M + M or 3M kilograms. The power notation, such as M squared (M^2), would not be used for simple addition of the masses of individual objects.

Therefore, without specifying the number of toys Ryan built, we cannot give a single answer, but the correct form of the answer would be in terms of multiples of M (e.g., 2M, 3M, etc.), rather than M squared or just M.

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