A net force of 15 N is exerted on a book to cause it to accelerate at a rate of 5 m/s2. What is the mass of the book?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-03T14:30:35

#3 \ "kg"#

#F=ma#

#m# is the mass of the object in kilograms

#a# is the acceleration of the object in meters per second squared

And so,

#15 \ "N"=m*5 \ "m/s"^2#

#m=(15 \ "N")/(5 \ "m/s"^2)#

#=3 \ "kg"#