How much force must the engine of a dump truck with the mass of 40,000N need to develop to achieve an acceleration of 3.5 m/s2?

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How much force must the engine of a dump truck with the mass of 40,000N need to develop to achieve an acceleration of 3.5 m/s2?

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Force is mass times acceleration. You have given the weight of the truck, not its mass, so you would need to find its mass by dividing this number by the acceleration of gravity (g = 9.8 m/s²) then multiply the result by 3.5m/s²

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Force is mass times acceleration. You have given the weight of the truck, not its mass, so you would need to find its mass by dividing this number by the acceleration of gravity (g = 9.8 m/s²) then multiply the result by 3.5m/s²

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Alan Dec 12, 2014

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