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

                       $a=\frac{F}{m}$

                             $= \frac{6.44*10^3}{1.72*10^3} m/s^2$

                             $=3.74419 m/s^2$     [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.