Force Problems
Force Problems
Force Problems
2. What is the force on a 1000 kg elevator that is falling freely at 9.8 m/sec 2?
4. The mass of a large car is 1000 kg. How much force would be required to accelerate the car
at a rate of 3 m/sec2?
5. A 50 kg skater pushed by a friend accelerates 5 m/sec 2. How much force did the friend apply?
6. A force of 250 N is applied to an object that accelerates at a rate of 5 m/sec 2. What is the
mass of the object?
7. A bowling ball rolled with a force of 15 N accelerates at a rate of 3 m/sec 2; a second ball rolled
with the same force accelerates 4 m/sec2. What are the masses of the two balls?
10. An object of mass 300 kg is observed to accelerate at the rate of 4 m/s 2. Calculate the force
required to produce this acceleration.
11. A 5 kg block is pulled across a table by a horizontal force of 40 N with a frictional force of 8 N
opposing the motion. Calculate the acceleration of the object.
12. An object of mass 30 kg is in free fall in a vacuum where there is no air resistance. Determine
the acceleration of the object.
13. An object of mass 30 kg is falling in air and experiences a force due to air resistance of 50
newtons.
a. Determine the net force acting on the object and
b. calculate the acceleration of the object.