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What is the acceleration of a 20N wooden box moving to the right with a force of 8N? It’s on a flat surface (wood)

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Step-by-step explanation:

if question specifies g=10ms^-2 then use that or else use g =9.81

Mass of wooden box= 20/9.81 = 2.0387359.... kg

F=ma

a=F/m

a=8/2.0387

a=3.92 ms^-2 (3 s f)

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