Question
A manual lawn mower has a mass of 25.9 kg. If the net external force on the lawn mower is the same 43.8 N then what will be the mower's acceleration? A. 1.69m/s^2 B. 1134m/s^2 C 0.59m/s^2 D 3.50m/s^2
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Frances
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Answer
### A.
Explanation
## Step 1: Identify the given values### Mass of the lawn mower,
; Net external force,
.## Step 2: Apply Newton's second law of motion### According to Newton's second law,
, where
is the acceleration.## Step 3: Solve for acceleration### Rearrange the formula to solve for
:
. Substitute the given values:
.