Practice calculating using F=ma 1. What net force is required to accelerate a car at a rate of 2 m/s2
3,000 kg?
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2. A10 kg bowling ball would require what force to accelerate down an alleyway at a rate of 3
m/s2
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3. Sally has a car that accelerates at 5 m/s2
force does the car produce?
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4. What is the mass of a falling rock at 9.8 m/s2
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5. What is the mass of a truck if it produces a force of 14,000 N while accelerating at a rate
of 5 m/s2
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6. What is the acceleration of softball if it has a mass of 0.5 kg and hits the catcher's glove
with a force of 25 N?
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7. Your own car has a mass of 2000 kg. If your car produces a force of 5000 N, how fast will it
accelerate?
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if it produces a force of 147 N?
. If the car has a mass of 1000 kg, how much
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8. Even though she is way ahead of you, Sally switches her car to run on nitrous oxide fuel.
The nitrous oxide allows her car to develop 10,000 N of force. What is Sally's acceleration
if her car has a mass of 500 kg?
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