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Posted by kb on Monday, October 4, 2010 at 4:03pm.

a supertanker with a mass of 5.0 x 10 to the 8th power kg accelerates from rest to a speed of 10 m/s in a time of 1000s. what is its average acceleration? how much force is required to accelerate the supertanker?

physics - bobpursley, Monday, October 4, 2010 at 5:13pm
change of speed=10m/s
acceleration=changespeed/time

Force? Ignoring water resistance?

Force=mass*acceleration

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