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?