A car has a mass of #1.24 * 10^3# kg. If the force acting on the car is #6.81 * 10^3# N to the east, what is the car’s acceleration, in terms of meter per seconds squared?

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Michael
Nov 3, 2015

#5.32"m/s"^2#

Explanation:

According to Newton's 2nd Law of Motion, force = mass x acceleration. Force and acceleration being vectors in the same direction:

#F=ma#

#a=F/m=(6.81xxcancel(10^3))/(1.24xxcancel(10^3))=5.52"m/s"^2# in an easterly direction.

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