What is the object's mass?

Question

In an experiment performed in a space station, a force of 51 N causes an object to have an acceleration equal to 6 m/s². What is the object's mass?

Answer 1

Hello, Emma,

Force = mass*acceleration

The metric unit for force is Newton. 1 Newton = 1 kg • m/s²

You are given 51N as the force and acceleration of 6 m/s².

51 kg*m/s² = mass*(6m/s²)

mass = 0.12 kg, or 120 g

Bob