Question

A 65 Kg roller-blade is accelerating at 5 m/s/s across the side walk. What force would be necessary for this acceleration to occur?

Answer 1

Newton's second law states that the force applied to an object is equal to the product between the mass m of the object and its acceleration a:

`F=ma`
Using
`m=65 kg` and
`a=5 m/s^2`, we can find the value of the force applied to the roller-blade to obtain this acceleration:

`F=(65 kg)(5 m/s^2)=325 N`