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A truck with an overall mass of 6,500 kg is accelerating at 0.3 m/s2. What force does the engine need to apply in order to do this? (Round to the nearest tenth of a decimal.)

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Answer:

1950 N

Step-by-step explanation:

The force acting on an object given it's mass and acceleration can be found by using the formula

force = mass × acceleration

From the question we have

force = 6500 × 0.3

We have the final answer as

1950 N

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