Question

Determine the net force (in N) necessary to give an object with a mass of 3.60 kg an acceleration of 5.60 m/s2. ______N

Answer 1

Newton's second law states that the force is equal to the mass times the acceleration, that is:

`F=ma`

In this case the mass is 3.60 kg and the acceleration is 5.60 m/s²; plugging these values we have:

`\begin{gathered} F=(3.60)(5.60) \\ F=20.16 \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the force required is 20.16 N.