Question #0a82b

1 Answer
Sep 14, 2015

"5 ms"^(-2)

Explanation:

Force is defined as

F = m * a

This means that the acceleration of the book will be

a = F/m

You need to convert the mass of the book from grams to kilograms because

"1 N" = "1 kg" * "1 ms"^(-2)

Put all this together to get

a = F/m = (1 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("kg"))) * "ms"^(-2))/(200 * 10^(-3)color(red)(cancel(color(black)("kg")))) = 5 "ms"^(-2)