a 50 kg sack rice is being pulled by a farmer the force causes the sack to accelerate at 5m/s2 . calculate the net force that produced the acceleration
Force = mass * acceleration = 50*5 = 250N (This is on a horizontal surface and friction has not been taken into consideration)
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