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Three women push a stalled car. Each woman pushes with a 425N force. What is the mass of the car if the car accelerates at 0.85m/s2?

Three women push a stalled car. Each woman pushes with a 425N force. What is the mass of the car if the car accelerates at 0.85m/s2?
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Three women push a stalled car. Each woman pushes with a 425N force. What is the mass of the car if the car accelerates at 0.85m/s2?

User Chris Ostmo
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1500
kilograms
Step-by-step explanation:
Assuming that the women push the car in the same direction, then the total force is:
F
net
=
425

N
⋅
3

=
1275

N

To find the mass, we use Newton's second law of motion, which states that,
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