Question

A basketball with a mass of 0.60kg is accelerated with a force of 10.8 N. If resisting forces are ignored, what is the acceleration of the basketball to the nearest m/s

Answer 1

Answer: $18 m/s^{2}$

Explanation:

According to Newton's second law of motion, the force $F$ exerted on an object (the basketball in this case) is directly proportional to its mass $m$ and acceleration $a$ :  

$F=m.a$ (1)

Where:

$F=10.8 N$ is the exerted force

$m=0.6 kg$ is the mass of the basketball

$a$ is the acceleration

Isolating $a$:

$a=\frac{F}{m}$ (2)

Solving the equation with the given data:

$a=\frac{10.8 N}{0.6kg}$ (3)

$a=18 m/s^{2}$ (4)  This is basketball's acceleration