Eli and Andy want to find out which of the two is stronger. Eli pushes a table with a force of 120 newtons while Andy pushes the table from the opposite side with a force of 125 newtons. Ignoring the masses of Eli and Andy, what is the resultant acceleration of the table if its mass is 10.0 kilograms?

a = 0.5 m/s²

Explanation:

the type of problem is called a Newtons second law of motion.

and the equation would be the sum of F = m * a  where m = mass and a = acceleration

forces are 125N and the opposite direction is 120N

Eli pushes the table with a force of 120N towards Andy

and

Andy pushes the table with a force of 125N towards Eli

mass of table given as 10 kg.

using the equation

120N - 125N = 10kg * a

a = (120-125) / 10

a = -0.5 m/s² so the acceleration is in the direction of Andy's force towards Eli.

therefore a = 0.5 m/s²

when two balls of the different masses are dropped from equal height, they reach the ground at the same time .this is because they experience the same acceleration.

the acceleration is independent of mass.

thus when they are dropped they will always maintain the same velocity and travel the same distance (neglect air resistance of course) at the same time.