Question

According to Newton's second law of motion, when an object is acted upon by a net unbalanced force, what can be said about the acceleration?a.)It is zero.b.)It is inversely proportional to the net force. c.)It is inversely proportional to the object's mass.d.)It is independent of mass.

Answer 1

Given:

an object is acted upon by a net unbalanced force

To find:

The relation between the force and the acceleration

Explanation:

The unbalanced force on an object gives the acceleration in the direction of the resultant force. The force is,

$\begin{gathered} F=ma \\ a=\frac{F}{m}\text{ here, a=acceleration and m is the mass} \end{gathered}$

Here, we see that the acceleration is inversely proportional to the object's mass.

Hence, the acceleration is inversely proportional to the object's mass.