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Newton's Second Law says that the force applied to an object is equal to the mass of the object times its acceleration. In other words, F=ma. Use a rearranged version, a=F/m in order to calculate the acceleration
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Newton's Second Law says that the force applied to an object is equal to the mass of the object times its acceleration. In other words, F=ma. Use a rearranged version, a=F/m in order to calculate the acceleration of a 5 kg skateboard when you give it a push of 20 N. PLEASE HELP FAST!!

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Here the force is 20 N and mass is 5 kg

acc= Force/mass

acc=20/5= 4m/s²

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