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Quick Fnet question.?

I am having a problem find the mass of an object from this question : A force of 350 N is applied for 8.0s when slowing an object from 20m/s to 10 m/s. What is the mass of the object?

Acceleration was easy Vf-Vi/t which came to be -1.25m/s^2, what do I do next?

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  • 8 years ago
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    By v = u + at

    =>10 = 20 + a x 8

    =>a = -1.25 m/s^2 {-ve just indicating that is is retardation}

    BY F = ma

    =>350 = m x 1.25

    =>m = 280 kg

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