A student pushes a 0.5 kg lab cart with a force of 3 Newtons. Determine the acceleration of the cart in m/s2.

the acceleration of the cart given its mass and force exerted is 6m/s².

Given the data in the question;

Mass of lab cart;

Force applied;

Acceleration of cart;

To determine the acceleration of the cart, we use the expression from Newton's second law of Motion:

Where F is force exerted, m is mass and a is acceleration

We substitute our given values into the equation

Therefore, the acceleration of the cart given its mass and force exerted is 6m/s².

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The acceleration is  6

Explanation:

Use Newton's second law to solve the problem: