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Applying forces to 1-kg grapefruit and 3-kg pumpkin

publish date: 2023/02/19 03:42:00 GMT+11

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Consider a 1-kg grapefruit and a 3-kg pumpkin.  Now suppose that we apply forces to each object.  We exert three times as much force on the pumpkin as on the grapefruit, perhaps 4 newtons on the grapefruit and 12 newtons on the pumpkin.  Now apply newton's second law in each case to calculate the acceleration of each object

  • Grapefruit: a = (1) transparent
  • Pumpkin: a = (2) transparent
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4 m/s2
8 m/s2

Correct Answer

(1) 4 m/s2
(2) 4 m/s2

Reference

Basic Physics: A Self-Teaching Guide

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