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One way to find the mass of an object is to measure its acceleration when a force acts on it. If a force of 80N causes a box accelerate at 0.10ms2, what is the mass of the box?

Important Questions on Forces and Motion

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Calculate the momentum of a car of mass 600 kg moving at 25ms.
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A force of 20N acts on a rocket for 350s, causing the rocket's velocity to increase. Calculate the impulse of the force.

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A force of 20N acts on a rocket for 350s, causing the rocket's velocity to increase.

By how much does the rocket's momentum increase?

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An aircraft can fly at a top speed of 600kmh.

What will its speed be if it flies into a head-wind of 100kmh? ( A head-wind blows in the opposite direction to the aircraft.)

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An aircraft can fly at a top speed of 600kmh.

The pilot directs the aircraft to fly due north at 600kmh. A side-wind blows at 100kmh towards the east. What will be the aircraft's resultant velocity? (Give both its speed and its direction.)

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Read the sentence and change the word in italics to the correct scientific terms.
A force can make an object change direction, slow down or speed up.
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An object may be acted on by several forces. What name is given to the single force that has the same effect as these forces?
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What name is given to the force on an object caused by the Earth's gravitational pull?