Question

A baseball has a mass of 0.15kg .What is the net force on the ball if it's acceleration is 40.0m/sw

Answer 1

By Newton's second law, we have

`F=ma`

So, in order to give a 0.15kg body an acceleration of 40m/s^2, you need a force of

`F=0.15\cdot 40 = 6N`