Newton's Second Law of Motion F=ma

A bowling ball has a mass of 10 kg. If Andy applies a force of 35 N to the bowling ball, find the ball's acceleration.

• 0.35 m/s^2
• 35 m/s^2
• 10 m/s^2
• 3.5 m/s^2

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Isla, Charlotte, and Priya are playing with a remote-controlled car that has a mass of 23 kg. They manage to accelerate the car at a rate of 3 m/s². Calculate the force they are applying to the car through the remote control.

• 46 N

• 92 N

• 69 N

• 115 N

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A truck accelerates at 5 m/s². Find the truck's mass if the driver applies a force of 425 N.

• 85 kg
• 850 kg
• 170 kg
• 17 kg

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Brandon is pulling a desk to the right with a force of 26 N. The force of friction is 3 N. If the desk accelerates at 2 m/s² to the right, calculate the mass of the desk.

• 5.75 kg
• 11.5 kg
• 17.5 kg
• 23 kg

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Vin Diesel is free-falling out of a plane, and he is accelerating at 10 m/s². If his mass is 57 kg, find Vin Diesel's weight. (ignore air resistance)

• 5.7 N

• 570 N

• 67 N

• 240 N

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Chukwudi is pushing a lawn mower with a force of 23 N. Jose is helping him. The lawn mower endures a force of friction of 2 N, it has a mass of 12 kg, and it is accelerating at 6 m/s². Find the force that Jose applied.

• 51 N

• 10 N

• 35 N

• 60 N

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Arya applies a force of 20 N to push a box of books that Michaela and Nora packed. The box has a mass of 6 kg. What is the acceleration of the box of books?

• 0.5 m/s^2
• 10 m/s^2
• 15 m/s^2
• 3.33 m/s^2

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A toy car with mass 1.5 kg gets pushed with a force of 27 N. It rolls forward with an acceleration of 3 m/s^2. Solve for the force of friction acting on the wheels of the toy car.

• 4.5 N

• 13.5 N

• 22.5 N

• 0.5 N

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You apply a force of 25 N to each of the following objects. Rank them in order of INCREASING acceleration.

• A bowling ball with mass 15 kg

• A golf ball with mass of 0.1 kg

• A book with mass 1 kg

• A toy car with mass 0.5kg

• A roller skate with mass 4 kg

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A car and a truck are on the highway. Both need to accelerate at 7 m/s² in order to avoid an accident. Find the force acting on the car, which has a mass of 408 kg.

• 58.3 m/s

• 401 N

• 2856 N
• 1345 N

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