Together, Claudia and her bicycle have a mass of 90 kg. What force is needed to give them an acceleration of 2 m/s²? Ignore the effects of air resistance.
F = ma
so plug in your numbers
To determine the force needed to give Claudia and her bicycle an acceleration of 2 m/s², we can use Newton's second law of motion, which is given by the equation:
F = m * a
Where:
F = force
m = mass
a = acceleration
In this case, the mass is the combined mass of Claudia and her bicycle, which is 90 kg. The acceleration is 2 m/s². Plugging these values into the equation, we get:
F = 90 kg * 2 m/s²
F = 180 N
Therefore, a force of 180 Newtons is needed to give Claudia and her bicycle an acceleration of 2 m/s².