Calculating Net Force for Motor and Driver Acceleration

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A motor and driver have a total mass of 300 kg . The driver starts moving from rest reaching an acceleration of 5 m / s2. The net force experienced by the motor of the motorcycle is

I'm not sure if i did this right cause they give 60 Newtons as one of the answers. I applied Newton's second law and got 1500 Newtons. But the ''net force experienced by the motor of the motorcycle'' keeps throwing me off.
 
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Is this the full problem statement? In particular, is there a motor mass given or something else? If not, the answer looks strange.
 
mfb said:
Is this the full problem statement? In particular, is there a motor mass given or something else? If not, the answer looks strange.
I think I translated it wrong. These are in Spanish sorry.

''A driver and his motorcycle have a total mass of 300 kg . The driver starts moving from rest reaching an acceleration of 5 m / s2. The net force experienced by the motor of the motorcycle is? ''

A.1500 N
B. -1500 N
c -60 N
D. 60 N
 
Then 60 does not make sense.
It is a typical wrong answer in a multiple choice question, as you can get this number if you combine the two given numbers in the wrong way (300/5), but it is certainly not the right answer.
Maybe some mistake in the solution keys.
 
SpiralStars said:
A motor and driver have a total mass of 300 kg . The driver starts moving from rest reaching an acceleration of 5 m / s2. The net force experienced by the motor of the motorcycle is

I'm not sure if i did this right cause they give 60 Newtons as one of the answers. I applied Newton's second law and got 1500 Newtons. But the ''net force experienced by the motor of the motorcycle'' keeps throwing me off.
I vote for your answer. What's wrong picking "A"?