An object with a mass of #5 kg# is acted on by two forces. The first is #F_1= < 1 N , -1 N># and the second is #F_2 = < 5 N, 2 N>#. What is the object's rate and direction of acceleration?
1 Answer
Mar 22, 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