Question

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What acceleration is produced on a mass of 200 g, when a force of 10 N is
exerted on it ?​

Answer 1

Given parameters:

Mass of the body = 200g

Force on the body = 10N

Unknown parameters:

Acceleration produced by the force = ?

To solve this problem we must first define force in terms of mass and acceleration. This is possible due to the Newton's first law of motion.

Force = mass x acceleration

Here the unknown is acceleration and we can easily solve for it.

But we must take the mass to kilogram in order for it to cancel out.

1000g = 1 kg

200g = x kg =
`(200)/(1000)` = 0.2kg

Now input the parameters and solve;

10 = 0.2 x acceleration

Acceleration =
`(10)/(0.2)` = 50m/s²

The acceleration produced by the body is 50m/s²