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using the relationship “force equals mass times acceleration,” write an answer the following question: if an object with mass X grams is being accelerated at Z centimeters per second squared, then how much force is being exerted on the object?

using the relationship “force equals mass times acceleration,” write an answer the following question: if an object with mass X grams is being accelerated at Z centimeters per second squared, then how much force is being exerted on the object?

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using the relationship “force equals mass times acceleration,” write an answer the following question: if an object with mass X grams is being accelerated at Z centimeters per second squared, then how much force is being exerted on the object?  Show your calculations. 

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Given,

mass of the object is m=Xgm

and acceleration of the object is a=Zcm/s2

 

Newton's second law:

According to Newton's second law, force is the rate of change of momentum of any object that is

F=dpdt

Also, the change in momentum change be written as

dp=mvfinal -vinitial=mdv

here vfinal is the final velocity and vinitial is the initial velocity of the object then, the force can be re-write as

F=mdvdt=ma

So force is the product of mass and momentum.

 

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