Question

calculate the acceleration of a 41-kg crate of baseball gear when pulled sideways with a net force of 1255 N. neglect frictional forces

Answer 1

In his celebrated Second Law of Motion, Newton wrote:

             Net force  =  (mass) x (acceleration).

By the process of "plugging in numbers", we can write

             1255 N  =  (41 kg) x (acceleration)

Now, after dividing each side by (41 kg), we have

             (1255 N) / (41 kg)  =  acceleration.

But  (1255N)/(41kg) = 30.61 m/s² .

So unless we have carelessly blooped the calculations somewhere,
that  30.61 m/s²  is the answer we're looking for.