Question

A child on a scooter with a combined mass of 35 kg accelerates down a hill at a rate of 10 m/s2. What is the net force acting on the child scooter?

Answer 1

`{ \tt{force = mass * acceleration}} \\ { \tt{force = 35 * 10}} \\ { \boxed{ \tt{ \: force = 350 \: newtons \: }}}`

Answer 2

• Mass=m=35kg
• Acceleration=a=10m/s^2
• Force=F

Apply Newton's second law

`\\ \tt\hookrightarrow F=ma`

`\\ \tt\hookrightarrow F=35(10)`

`\\ \tt\hookrightarrow F=350N`