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A boy pulls a 25 kg wagon with a force of 6 N east as another boy pushes it with a force of 4 N east. What is the net force? What is the acceleration?

A boy pulls a 25 kg wagon with a force of 6 N east as another boy pushes it with a force of 4 N east. What is the net force? What is the acceleration?
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A boy pulls a 25 kg wagon with a force of 6 N east as another boy pushes it with a force of 4 N east. What is the net force? What is the acceleration?

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Using newton's second law:


\begin{gathered} \Sigma F=F_{\text{net}}=ma \\ where_{} \\ \Sigma F=6N+4N=10N=F_{\text{net}} \\ m=25\operatorname{kg} \\ so\colon \\ 10=25\cdot a \\ solve_{\text{ }}for_{\text{ }}a\colon \\ a=(10)/(25) \\ a=(0.4m)/(s^2) \end{gathered}

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