Determine mass and acceleration

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A question was posed to me and for the life of me I cannot figure this out.

A bowling ball is lifted with a constant force of 82 N and has an acceleration of a. A second bowling ball is lifted with a constant force of 92 N and has an acceleration of 2a. Find the mass and acceleration of the balls (the masses are assumed to be the same).
 
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