Ryan hit a baseball with an acceleration of 20 m/s2. The mass of the baseball is 0.5 kg. What is the force?

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Logan Valenzuela

28 November, 09:25

Ryan hit a baseball with an acceleration of 20 m/s2. The mass of the baseball is 0.5 kg. What is the force?

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Savannah Richardson · Answer 1

Well to find the answer for force, the formula is mass X acceleration.

So, 20m/s² X 0.5kg = 10kg-m/s².

But, because we measure force in Newtons, we have to change the units (kg/m/s²) to Newtons.

1N (newton) equals to 1kg-m/s² and because we had 10, your answer is

10N