Question

Zorn and Porsha are ice skating. Porsha has a mass of 60 kg, and Zorn has a mass of 40 kg. As they face each

Answer 1

Assuming the friction between the skaters and the ice is  negligible, the magnitude of Porsha's acceleration is 2.8m/s².

Missing part of the question: determine the magnitude of Porsha's acceleration.

Given the data in the question;

• Mass of Porsha; $m_{porsha} = 60kg$

• Mass of Zorn; $m_{zorn} = 40kg$

• Force of Porsha push; $F_{porsha} = 168N$

Magnitude of Porsha's acceleration; $a = \ ?$

To determine the magnitude of Porsha's acceleration, we use Newton's second laws of motion:

$F = m*a$

Where m is the mass of the object and a is the acceleration.

We substitute the mass of Porsha and the force he used into the equation

$168N = 60kg * a\\\\a = \frac{168kg.m/s^2}{60kg}\\\\a = 2.8m/s^2$

Therefore, assuming the friction between the skaters and the ice is  negligible, the magnitude of Porsha's acceleration is 2.8m/s².

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