A force of 15 newtons is applied to both Object A with a mass of 25 kilograms and Object B with a mass of 50 kilograms. What is true about the acceleration of Object A and Object B?
To analyze the differences in acceleration of the two objects, a necessary formula/relation to remember here is force = mass acceleration. Given the different data in the problem, we can solve for the acceleration of each object. This is shown below:
Force = 15 N
M1 = 25 kg
M2 = 50 kg
a1 = ?
a2 = ?
For object 1:
15 N = 25 kg a
a = 0.6
For object 2:
15 N = 50 * a
a = 0.3
Therefore, the acceleration of Object B is half that of Object A.