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Grade 129 grade science

An automobile vehicle has a mass of 1500 kg. What must be the force between the vehicle and road if the vehicle is to be stopped with a negative acceleration of 1.7 ms–2?

Profile image of Pawan Prajapati
5 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Harshit Singh
5 Years ago
Dear Student

mass = 1500 kg
a = –1.7 m/s^2
F = ?
F = m × a
= 1500 × (– 1.7)
= – 2550 N
The force between the vehicle and road is – 2550 N.

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