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Posted by katie on Friday, February 8, 2013 at 7:36am.

Newton’s Second Law of Motion is expressed as F = ma. If you are pushing a lawn mower in your backyard and suddenly double the pushing force, what will happen to the lawn mower's rate of acceleration? The mass of the lawn mower is constant.

A.
The acceleration will double.

B.
The acceleration will decrease by half.

C.
The acceleration will remain constant.

D.
The acceleration will triple.

science - Damon, Friday, February 8, 2013 at 7:37am
If you double the force you double the acceleration.

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