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Order the names of the sailboats to show the size of the force applied to each sailboat .

Order the names of the sailboats to show the size of the force applied to each sailboat-example-1
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Answer:

Wind Tamer

Sea Wings

Dancing Feather

Long Winded

Blew Inn

Step-by-step explanation:

Newton's second law of motion gives the relationship between the force applied, the mass of the object, and the acceleration produced.


F=ma

where

F = force applied

m = mass of the object

a = acceleration produced.

Now, the above relationship tells us that force a fixed a the greater the mass m, the larger the force. In other words, to produce the same acceleration in massive objects as in light objects, you'd need to apply a larger force.

Therefore, the simple rule is the following: the greater the mass, the more force is required.

Now, let us arrange our boats according to their mass in decreasing order.

1. Wind Tamer 946 kg

2. Sea Wings 900 kg

3. Dancing Feather 762 kg

4. Long Winded 532 kg

5. Blew Inn 486 kg

The above arrangement tells us that the Wind Tamer (because of its greater mass) needs the largest force to produce the same acceleration as in other boats. Meanwhile, Blew Inn needs the smallest force to produce the same acceleration.

Therefore, the order of arrangement according to the force needed is

Larger Force:

Wind Tamer

Sea Wings

Dancing Feather

Long Winded

Blew Inn

Smaller Force

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