F Faye C New member Jul 8, 2009 #1 a force of 10 Newtons upward is applied to a 5 kg object rest on a flat table on earth. what is the object's acceleration? is it 2 or 0 m/s^2?
a force of 10 Newtons upward is applied to a 5 kg object rest on a flat table on earth. what is the object's acceleration? is it 2 or 0 m/s^2?
D David M New member Jul 8, 2009 #2 0 m/s^2. The force in the downward direction is 5kg*9.8m/s^2 which is 49 Newtons ... so 10 Newtons in the up direction will not even start to move it.
0 m/s^2. The force in the downward direction is 5kg*9.8m/s^2 which is 49 Newtons ... so 10 Newtons in the up direction will not even start to move it.
