Newton's second law calculations

An object with a mass of 2.0 kg accelerates 2.0 m/s² when an unknown force is applied to it. What is the amount of the force?

• 4 N
• 0.4 N
• 1 N
• 0.1 N

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An object with a mass of 5.0 kg accelerates 8.0 m/s² when an unknown force is applied to it. What is the amount of the force?

• 40 N
• 4 N
• 10 N
• 0.1 N

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An object accelerates 12 m/s² when a force of 6.0 newtons is applied to it. What is the mass of the object?

• 2 kg

• 18 kg

• 0.5 kg

• 0.05 kg

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An object accelerates 5 m/s² when a force of 20 newtons is applied to it. What is the mass of the object?

• 4 kg

• 20 kg

• 0.5 kg

• 2 kg

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An object with a mass of 2.0 kg has a force of 4.0 newtons applied to it. What is the resulting acceleration of the object?

• 2 m/s²

• 8 m/s²

• 0.5 m/s²

• 6 m/s²

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An object with a mass of 5 kg has a force of 20 newtons applied to it. What is the resulting acceleration of the object?

• 2 m/s²

• 8 m/s²

• 4 m/s²

• 6 m/s²

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If a 10 kilogram object accelerates suddenly at 15 m/s², how much force was applied to the object? (watch for proper units on this answer!)

• 150 Newtons
• 15 Newtons
• 150 kilograms
• 100 kilograms

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According to Newton's second Law, which would take more force to slow down?

• The silver car

• The green car

• They would both take the same force

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Which of these best states Newton's Second Law?

• The greater the mass of an object the greater the force needed to change its motion.

• The greater the mass of an object the less force needed to change its motion.

• The mass of an object does not effect the force needed to change its motion

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Accelerations are produced by

• forces.
•  velocities.
•  accelerations.
•  masses.

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