Question

The goalkeeper sends the puck back out to the ice by exerting a 20 N force on the puck.

Use Newton's 2nd law of motion to describe why the puck goes flying across the ice, but the goalkeeper remains relatively still.



Prompt is answered correctly (10 points)

Proper conventions (5 points)

Answer 1

Isaac Newton’s Second law states that;
The rate of change of a body’s momentum with time is directly proportional to the resultant applied force and takes place in the direction in which the force acts.