university phy1

Question

A car has a mass of 1.37 × 103 kg. If the force acting on the car is 6.61 × 103 N to the east, what is the car’s acceleration? Answer in units of m/s 2 .

Answer 1

Force is given by:

F=ma

where F is the force, m is the mass, and a is the acceleration.

You can rearrange this equation to solve for acceleration and plug in the values given.