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What happens to the acceleration of a ball if the force increases while the mass remains the same?

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Answer:

if the force increases while the mass of the ball remains the same, the acceleration increases.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to Newton's second law of motion, the acceleration of an object produced by a net force is directly proportional to the magnitude of the net force Fn and inversely proportional to the mass of the object m.


\displaystyle a=(Fn)/(m)

Suppose the net force doubles to 2Fn. The new acceleration will be:


\displaystyle a'=(2Fn)/(m)=2(Fn)/(m)=2a

The acceleration doubles too. Thus, if the force increases while the mass of the ball remains the same, the acceleration increases.

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