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Teacher Education Department

SPEC 115- Teaching Science in the Elementary Grades


(Physics, Earth and Space Science)

SUBMITTED BY: COURSE FACILITATOR:

John Syvel Lorenzo Quintro BEED 3-C Prof. Princess Lydia S. Fuentes

Problem Exercise 3.1

If a crate accelerates at 2.5 m/s2 and if the net force exerted is about 500 N, what is
the mass of the crate?

Given: F= 500 N

a= 2.5 m/s²

Unknown = m?

Solution:
m= F/a

→ m = 200 Kg
Therefore, the mass of the crate is 200 Kg.

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