Question

A Car has a mass of 1.72×10^3 kg if the force acting on the car is 6.44×10^3 N to the east what is the cars acceleration answer in units of m/2^2

Answer 1

As per the question, the mass of car
`[m]=1.72*10^(3) kg`

The force applied on car
`[F]=6.44*10^(3) N`

We are asked to calculate the acceleration of the car.

From Newton's second law of motion, we know that force applied on a body is equal to the product of mass and acceleration of the body.

Mathematically force = mass×acceleration

⇒ F = m× a

`a=(F)/(m)`

`= (6.44*10^3)/(1.72*10^3) m/s^2`

`=3.74419 m/s^2` [ans]

We have been given that the force is applied in east direction.Hence the direction of acceleration of the car will be towards east.