Help in a physics problem?

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The mass of the object was 2kg. The object was acted on by a force of 60 /_30° N. What was the acceleration of the object

I got 588.6 /_30° m/s² with 600/_30° m/s² in significant digits but my teacher said it was wrong. How do you get the right answer. I don't need the actual answer just the formula to be able to calculate it.
 
I believe You got the angle right since it is going to accelarate in the direction of the force.
Verify, but I believe 60 is the magnitude and 30 is the angle.
F=ma so the absolute value of the accelaration a is the absolute value of the force divided by mass.

I belive by defination the accelaration of 1kg acted upon by a force of one N is 1/m/sec^2
If that is so the accelaration a = 60/2 = 30 m/s^2 at an angle of 30 degrees.

Check the definition because when I went to college we used the English system of lbs for force and slugs for mass. I am not that familiar with the metric system.
 
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