If you throw a 0.25-kg ball with a force of 20 N, what's the acceleration of the ball?

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Mina Hatfield

9 December, 10:11

If you throw a 0.25-kg ball with a force of 20 N, what's the acceleration of the ball?

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Jaelyn Robbins · Answer 1

In physics, force is equal to mass multiplied to acceleration. We are given that the mass is 0.25 kg and the force is 20 N.

F = ma

20 N = 0.25 kg * a

20 kg*m/s^2 = 0.25 kg * a

a = 20/0.25

a = 80 m/s^2

So the acceleration of the ball is 80 m/s^2.