Question

A man pushes a box of mass $50kg$ with a force of $80N$. What will be the acceleration of the box due to this force?

Answer 1

Step 1:-

Given data,

$$\begin{gathered} Forceappliedontheobject,F=80N \\ Massofanobject,m=50kg \end{gathered}$$

Step 2:-

Calculating the value of acceleration (a),

We know from Newton's second law of motion.

$Force=mass\times acceleration$

$$\begin{gathered} \Rightarrow F=m\times a \\ \Rightarrow 80=50\times a \\ \Rightarrow a=\frac{80}{50} \\ \Rightarrow a=1.6\raisebox{1ex}{$m$}\!\left/ \!\raisebox{-1ex}{$s^2$}\right. \end{gathered}$$

Hence, the value for acceleration is found to be $1.6\raisebox{1ex}{$m$}\!\left/ \!\raisebox{-1ex}{$s^2$}\right.$