Which scenario is an application of Newtons Second Law of Motion?

A) Two soccer players collide trying to kick the ball, and both fall backward away from each other and the ball?

B) The batter hits a line drive that races toward the outfield. It finally stops when it hits the glove of the center fielder.

C) The planetary rover's thrusters fail, and it descends with increasing speed toward the asteroid.

D) A car is stuck in the snow. Two people push on the back of the car until the car begins to roll forward out of the snow

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Tristian

11 January, 12:13

Which scenario is an application of Newtons Second Law of Motion?

A) Two soccer players collide trying to kick the ball, and both fall backward away from each other and the ball?

B) The batter hits a line drive that races toward the outfield. It finally stops when it hits the glove of the center fielder.

C) The planetary rover's thrusters fail, and it descends with increasing speed toward the asteroid.

D) A car is stuck in the snow. Two people push on the back of the car until the car begins to roll forward out of the snow

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Trevor Austin · Answer 1

D would be the answer because The acceleration of an object as produced by a net force is directly proportional to the magnitude of the net force, in the same direction as the net force, and inversely proportional to the mass of the object.