Newton's second law

From /guides/energy-forces-and-motion: F = m * a - the net force on an object equals its mass times its acceleration. Rearranged, more mass needs more force for the same acceleration; the formula is the receipt for the "shove an empty cart vs. a full one" intuition.

The starter expression shows the shape with small numbers - swap in this lesson's real ones.

Your task: a 1200 kg car needs to accelerate at 2.5 m/s². Using F = m * a, what net force (in newtons) does that take?

You'll practice:

Substituting real values into F = m * a
Reading a physics formula as "multiply these two together," not algebra to solve

5 * 2

Output

Run your code to see the output here.

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