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A force is applied to a 2.2 kg mass and pro-duces 2.1 m/s2acceleration.What acceleration would be produced bythe same force applied to a 11.5 kg mass?

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Answer: the acceleration would be

0.402 m/s²

Explanation:

A force is applied to a 2.2 kg mass and pro-duces 2.1m/s² acceleration.

Force = mass × acceleration

This means that the magnitude of the force would be

2.2 × 2.1 = 4.62 kgm/s²

If the same force is applied to a 11.5 kg mass, the acceleration that would be produced becomes,

Let a represent the acceleration, then

4.62 = 11.5 × a = 11.5a

a = 4.62/11.5 = 0.402 m/s²

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