An object with a mass of #4 kg# is acted on by two forces. The first is #F_1= <1 N , 8 N># and the second is #F_2 = < 7 N, -8 N>#. What is the object's rate and direction of acceleration?
1 Answer
Mar 7, 2017
The rate of acceleration is
Explanation:
The resultant force is
We apply Newton's second Law
The magnitude of the acceleration is
The direction is
The angle is in the 1st quadrant