What is the formula for average force?

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Answer 1 · 2018-02-21T04:17:57

Average force... don't you mean net force?

Well, the net force is given by Newton's second law of motion, which states that

#F_"net"=ma#

where

#F_"net"# is the force measured in newtons #(N)#

#m# is the mass of the object in #"kg"#

#a# is the acceleration of the object in #"m/s"^2#

Note that you can find the acceleration by differentiating the velocity of the object, if it's a function, like #v(x)#, i.e.

#a=v'(x)#

or

#a=(dv)/dt#