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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 9:12pm.

A car has a mass of 1.56 × 103 kg.
If the force acting on the car is 6.63 × 103
N to the east, what is the car’s acceleration?
Answer in units of m/s2.

physics - drwls, Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 4:58am
Since F = m a,

a = F/m

The acceleration is in the same direction as the force, to the east. The units will be m/s^2 since the force is in Newtons.

a = (6.63*10^3 N)/(1.56*10^3 kg)

Do the division.

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