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Calculating Force Worksheet

The document provides a worksheet to calculate force using the equation Force = mass x acceleration (F=ma). It gives 7 practice problems calculating force acting on objects with different masses accelerating at various rates, such as a golf ball hit at 20 m/s^2, a shopping cart pushed at 3 m/s^2, and a hammer dropped from a roof accelerating due to gravity at 9.8 m/s^2. The worksheet instructs the user to write the equation, plug in numbers and units, and provide the answer with correct units.

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Calculating Force Worksheet

The document provides a worksheet to calculate force using the equation Force = mass x acceleration (F=ma). It gives 7 practice problems calculating force acting on objects with different masses accelerating at various rates, such as a golf ball hit at 20 m/s^2, a shopping cart pushed at 3 m/s^2, and a hammer dropped from a roof accelerating due to gravity at 9.8 m/s^2. The worksheet instructs the user to write the equation, plug in numbers and units, and provide the answer with correct units.

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CALCULATING FORCE WORKSHEET

Calculate the force in the following problems by using the equation:

Force = mass x acceleration

F=mxa

Be sure to(1) ALWAYS write the equation, (2)plug in the numbers and units, and (3) give the answer with the correct units. 1. A man hits a golf ball (0.2 kg) which accelerates at a rate of 20 m/s2. What amount of force acted on the ball?

2.

You give a shopping cart a shove down the isle. The cart is full of groceries and has a mass of 18 kg. The cart accelerates at a rate of 3 m/s2. How much force did you exert on the cart?

3.

The wind pushes a paper cup along the sand at a beach. The cup has a mass of 25 grams ( = ? kg) and accelerates at a rate of 5 m/s2. How much force (in Newtons) is the wind exerting on the cup?

4.

You push a friend sitting on a swing. She has a mass of 50 kg and accelerates at a rate of 4 m/s2. Find the force you exerted.

5.

How much force would it take to push another, larger friend who has a mass of 70 kg to accelerate at the same rate of 4 m/s2?

6.

A worker drops his hammer off the roof of a house. The hammer has a mass of 9 kg, and gravity accelerates it at the usual 9.8 m/s2. How much force does the earth apply to the hammer?

7.

A car whose mass is 1000 kg is traveling at a constant speed of 10 m/s. Neglecting any friction, how much force will the engine have to supply to keep going the same speed? (tricky question) (think INERTIA) ( look at the units)

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