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Newton’s second law of motion ((Chapter 5) says that the mass of an object times its acceleration is equal to the net force on the object. Which of the following gives the correct units for force? (a) kg·m/s2 (b) kg m2/s2 (c) kg/m·s2 (d) kg·m2/s (e) none of those answers
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