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Rebecca is pushing her motorcycle down the road to a repair shop with a certain net force. If the net force is doubled, by how much does the acceleration change?

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Answer:

If the net force is doubled the acceleration change in the same proportion, that is to say, it is doubled too.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have that:


F = ma

From the equation above we see that the acceleration is directly proportional to the force, so hence if the force is doubled:


F_(1) = ma_(1)


2F_(1) = ma_(2)  \rightarrow a_(2) = 2(F_(1))/(m) = 2a_(1)

Therefore, If the net force is doubled the acceleration change in the same proportion, that is to say, it is doubled too.

I hope it helps you!

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