A 2 N and an 8 N force pull on an object to the right and a 4 N force pulls on the same object to the left. If the object has a mass of 0.5 kg, what would be its acceleration? You must draw a picture to support your answer.

An astronaut in space cannot use a scale or balance to weigh objects because there is no gravity. but she does have devices to measure distance and time accurately. she knows her own mass is 77.4 kg , but she is unsure of the mass of a large gas canister in the airless rocket. when this canister is approaching her at 3.50 m/s , she pushes against it, which slows it down to 1.30 m/s (but does not reverse it) and gives her a speed of 2.60 m/s . what is the mass of the canister?