3 women push a stalled car. Each woman pushes with a #425# #N# force. What is the mass of the car if the car accelerates at #0.85# #m##/##s^2#?
1 Answer
May 23, 2018
Explanation:
Assuming that the women push the car in the same direction, then the total force is:
To find the mass, we use Newton's second law of motion, which states that,
where:
#F# is the force applied in newtons
#m# is the mass of the object in kilograms
#a# is the acceleration of the object in meters per second squared
So, we get: