NEWTON’S 2 LAW

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OF MOTION
 LAW OF ACCELERATION
The ACCELERATION of an object is
DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL to the
FORCE and INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL
to the MASS of an object
 SAMPLE PROBLEM # 1
What is the acceleration of a 70
kg skater, acted upon by an
unbalanced force of 161 N (W)?
 SAMPLE PROBLEM # 2
A worker applies a force of 360 N (E)
on a trunk of mass 50 kg. If frictional
resistance amounts to 340 N, what is
the resulting acceleration of the trunk?
 SAMPLE PROBLEM # 3
The net force on a 5.0 kg
bowling ball is 20N. What is its
acceleration?
 SAMPLE PROBLEM # 4
A baseball hit by a bat with an
average force of 1000N accelerates
at 4.0x m/ What is the ball’s mass?
 SAMPLE PROBLEM # 5
What unbalanced force is
needed to accelerate a 3.0x kg
spacecraft at 2. 5 m/ ?
 SAMPLE PROBLEM # 6
How much applied force is
needed to accelerate a 2.0 kg
block of wood at 4.0 m/?
 TRUE OR FALSE
1. At constant mass, increasing
the net force increases the
acceleration of the object.
 TRUE OR FALSE
2. Objects that are in motion
always have an acceleration
 TRUE OR FALSE
3. At constant force, if the mass of the
object is doubled, the acceleration
will also increase two times
 TRUE OR FALSE
4. There are no forces acting
when the object is at rest
 TRUE OR FALSE
5. The law of acceleration
applies only to objects moving
with a constant speed