Question

A student starts a food fight by throwing a 0.5 kg burrito at some girl he likes. He throws it kind-of hard so he accelerates it at 3 m/s2. How much force did this take?

Answer 1

Answer:

It took 1.5N of force.

Explanation:

We use Newton's second law to solve this question. The force, in Newtons, is given by the multiplication of the mass, in kilograms, and the accelarations, in meters per second squared.

In this question:

Mass of 0.5 kg

Acceleration of 3 m/s². So the force is given by:

$F = ma = 0.5*3 = 1.5$

It took 1.5N of force.