NewtonsSecondLawofMotionWorksheet

1. Alittleboypushesawagonwithhisdoginit.Themassofthedogandwagontogetheris45
kg.Thewagonacceleratesat0.85m/s2.Whatforceistheboypullingwith?

2. A1650kgcaracceleratesatarateof4.0m/s2.Howmuchforceisthecar'sengine
producing?

3. A68kgrunnerexertsaforceof59N.Whatistheaccelerationoftherunner?

4. Acrateisdraggedacrossanicecoveredlake.Theboxacceleratesat0.08m/s2andispulled
bya47Nforce.Whatisthemassofthebox?

5. 3womenpushastalledcar.Eachwomanpusheswitha425Nforce.Whatisthemassofthe
carifthecaracceleratesat0.85m/s2?

6. Atennisball,0.314kg,isacceleratedatarateof164m/s2whenhitbyaprofessionaltennis
player.Whatforcedoestheplayer'stennisracketexertontheball?

7. Inanairplanecrashawomanisholdingan8.18kgbaby.Inthecrashthewoman
experiencesahorizontaldeaccelerationof88.2m/s2.Howmanyg'sisthisdeacceleration?
Howmuchforcemustthewomanexerttoholdthebabyinplace?

8. WhenanF14airplanetakesoffanaircraftcarrieritisliterallycatapultedofftheflightdeck.
Theplane'sfinalspeedattakeoffis68.2m/s.TheF14startsfromrest.Theplane
acceleratesin2secondsandhasamassof29,545kg.WhatisthetotalforcethatgetstheF
14intheair?

9. Asportscaracceleratesfrom0to60mph,27m/s,in6.3seconds.Thecarexertsaforceof
4106N.Whatisthemassofthecar?

10. Asledispushedalonganicecoveredlake.Ithassomeinitialvelocitybeforecomingtoarest
in15m.Ittook23secondsbeforethesledandridercometoarest.Iftheriderandsledhave
acombinedmassof52.5kg,whatisthemagnitudeanddirectionofthestoppingforce?
Whatdo"we"callthestoppingforce?

11. Acarispulledwithaforceof10,000N.Thecar'smassis1267kg.But,thecarcovers394.6
min15seconds.
(a) Whatisexpectedaccelerationofthecarfromthe10,000Nforce?
(b) Whatistheactualaccelerationofthecarfromtheobserveddataofxandt?
(c) Whatisthedifferenceinaccelerations?
(d) Whatforcecausedthisdifferenceinacceleration?
(e) Whatisthemagnitudeanddirectionoftheforcethatcausedthedifferencein
acceleration?

12. Alittlecarhasamaximumaccelerationof2.57m/s2.Whatisthenewmaximumacceleration
ofthelittlecarifittowsanothercarthathasthesamemass?

13. Aboycanaccelerateat1.00m/s2overashortdistance.Iftheboyweretotakeanenergy
pillandsuddenlyhavetheabilitytoaccelerateat5.6m/s2,thenhowwouldhisnewenergy
pillforcecomparetohisearlierforce?Iftheboy'searlierforcewas45N,whatisthesizeof
hisenergypillforce?

 14. Acartoonplanewithfourenginescanaccelerateat8.9m/s2whenoneengineisrunning.
Whatistheaccelerationoftheplaneifallfourenginesarerunningandeachproducesthe
sameforce?

15. Whiledraggingacrateaworkmanexertsaforceof628N.Later,themassofthecrateis
increasedbyafactorof3.8.Iftheworkmanexertsthesameforce,howdoesthenew
accelerationcomparetotheoldacceleration?

16. Arocketacceleratesinaspaceatarateof"1g."Therocketexertsaforceof12,482N.Later
inflighttherocketexerts46,458N.Whatistherocketsnewacceleration?Whatisthe
rocket'snewaccelerationin"g's?"

17. Aracecarexerts19,454Nwhilethecartravelsataconstantspeedof201mph,91.36m/s.
Whatisthemassofthecar?