Question

2. Kevin is a member of the school's track and field team. His favorite event is throwing the shotput. In his last competition, Kevin exerted 165 N of force on the shot put, which accelerated28.5 m/s2. What was the mass of the shot put?

Answer 1

Given data

*Kevin exerted a force is F = 165 N

*The given acceleration is

`a=28.5m/s^2`

The formula for the mass of the shot put is given as

`m=(F)/(a)`

Substitute the values in the above expression as

`\begin{gathered} m=(165)/(28.5) \\ =5.78\text{ kg} \end{gathered}`

Thus, the mass of the shot put is m = 5.78 kg