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.
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.
4.5234
To find the car's acceleration, we can use Newton's second law of motion, which states that the net force acting on an object is equal to its mass multiplied by its acceleration (F = m * a). In this case, we are given the force (F) acting on the car as 6.63 × 10^3 N to the east, and the mass (m) of the car as 1.56 × 10^3 kg.
To find the acceleration (a), we rearrange the formula to solve for a:
a = F / m
Substituting the given values:
a = (6.63 × 10^3 N) / (1.56 × 10^3 kg)
Now we can calculate the acceleration:
a = 4.25 m/s^2
Therefore, the car's acceleration is 4.25 m/s^2 to the east.