If a 70-kg swimmer pushed off a pool wall with a force of 250 N, at wha rate will the swimmer accelerate from the wall

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Anabelle Robles

6 July, 00:29

If a 70-kg swimmer pushed off a pool wall with a force of 250 N, at wha rate will the swimmer accelerate from the wall

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Carley Peters · Answer 1

Force = mass x acceleration

Here we have mass and a force so we are solving for acceleration:

Isolate for acceleration in the equation

Force / mass = acceleration

Fill in the equation:

250 / 70 = acceleration

Acceleration = 3.57 m/s^2