3 women push a stalled car. Each woman pushes with a $425$ $N$ force. What is the mass of the car if the car accelerates at $0.85$ $m$ $/$ $s^2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-23T14:39:26

$1500$ kilograms

Assuming that the women push the car in the same direction, then the total force is:

$F_"net"=425 \ "N"*3$

$=1275 \ "N"$

To find the mass, we use Newton's second law of motion, which states that,

$F=ma$

where:

$F$ is the force applied in newtons

$m$ is the mass of the object in kilograms

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

So, we get:

$m=F/a$

$=(1275 \ "N")/(0.85 \ "m/s"^2)$

$=1500 \ "kg"$

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