Question

An astronaut throws a wrench in interstellar space. How much force is required to keep the wrench moving continuously with constant velocity?

A.
a force equal to its weight on Earth
B.
a force equal to zero
C.
a force equal to half of its weight on Earth
D.
a force equal to double its weight on Earth

Answer 1

0 N

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a trick question, the mass of the wrench would be 0 due to it being in space and has no gravitational pull to weight it down. And since acceleration is defined as the rate and change of velocity with no respect of time and the wrench is moving at a constant velocity, that means the velocity is 0. and since F = m*a it would be F = 0 * 0 = 0 N