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Newtons Laws of Motion
Newtons Laws of Motion
Motion
By: Dacey Presnell, Grace Mazurkie,
Anthony Gaines, and Luke Melton
Question 3
What is the acceleration of a 0.30-kg volleyball when a player uses a force
of 42 N to spike a ball?
A = 42 N / 0.30 Kg
If you plug this into the calculator, you will get 140
Since they are both pushing the desk in the same direction, all you need to do is add
up the two given numbers!
50 N + 40 N = 90 N
(N= Newtons)
Question 14
In auto racing, a crash occurs. A red car hits a blue car from the front with a
force of 4000 N. A yellow car also hits the blue car from the side with a force
of 5000 N. What is the resultant force on the blue car? (Since force is a
vector, you must give both the magnitude and direction of the force.)
First, we need the equation to solve for the magnitude (in Newtons)
C= a² + b²
C= (4000)² + (5000)²
C = 6403.12 N
To find the angle the car would move at, we plug y/x into tan : (4000/5000)
Create a triangle, and solve for the missing side: x = 20² + 30² = 36.06 N
c) At what rate would the box accelerate if both forces were to the left
instead of perpendicular to each other?