Hey I'm not sure how to solve this problem:
An 1840 kg car is moving to the right at a constant velocity of 2.94 m/s.
What's the netforce?
What's the netforce if the car would be moving to the left?
I'm thinking that the net force going right and the net force going left is the same right? I think I have to use the formula Fn=M*A, but I don't know how to find the acceleration without a time period. Can anyone help me?
constant velocity, no acceleration? F=ma, so force is zero.
Oh okay thank you very much.
Yes, you are on the right track! To find the net force acting on the car, you can indeed use the formula F = m * a, where F is the net force, m is the mass of the car, and a is the acceleration. However, in this scenario, since the car is moving at a constant velocity, we know that the acceleration is zero.
When an object is moving at a constant velocity, the net force acting on it is zero, according to Newton's First Law of Motion. This means that there are no unbalanced forces acting on the car in either direction (right or left). So, the net force in both cases is zero.
Therefore, the answer to both questions is that the net force is zero.