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A net force of 16 Newtons is acting on a mass of 50 kg. What is the acceleration of the object?

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Newton’s 2nd law of motion states that Force = Mass • Acceleration. With that in mind, we can switch the process around to use the formula:

Acceleration = Force / Mass

Given the formula, we can set up an equation with “a” being a variable that represents acceleration:

a = 16 / 50

16 / 50 = 16/50

16/50 can be reduced to 8/25.

8/25 converts to 32/100 because we can multiply the numerator and denominator by 4.

The acceleration of the object is 0.32 kg.
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