How to find acceleration when we have force and mass?
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Recall Newton's second law of motion, which states that the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting on it and inversely proportional to its mass. This can be expressed mathematically as: a = F/m where a is the acceleration, F Show more…
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