Carlos gives a grocery cart a 60-N push. The cart has a mass of 40 kg. What is the cart's acceleration?

1.5 m/s²

Explanation:

We are given;

Force as 60 N

Mass of the Cart as 40 kg

We are required to calculate the acceleration of the cart.

From the newton's second law of motion, the rate of change in momentum is directly proportional to the resultant force. That is, F = ma, where m is the mass and a is the acceleration

Rearranging the formula we can calculate acceleration, a

a = F : m

= 60 N : 40 kg

= 1.5 m/s²

Therefore, the acceleration of the cart is 1.5 m/s²