Equations with Newton's Second Law of Motion

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The discussion revolves around problems related to Newton's Second Law of Motion, specifically focusing on calculating forces and accelerations in various scenarios involving objects with given masses and forces acting upon them.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Assumption checking, Problem interpretation

Approaches and Questions Raised

  • The original poster attempts to understand how to calculate acceleration and net force in the first problem, while expressing confusion about handling vectors in subsequent questions. Participants inquire about the starting point of the original poster's thought process and the specific givens for each problem.

Discussion Status

The conversation is ongoing, with participants seeking clarification on the original poster's understanding and approach to the problems. Some guidance has been offered to tackle the questions one at a time, but no consensus or resolution has been reached yet.

Contextual Notes

The original poster has provided specific numerical values and conditions for each problem but has not included visual aids, which may impact the clarity of the discussion. There is also a noted discrepancy in the units for distance in the first problem (44 cm vs. 44 m).

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Hi, I really need some help on these homework problems. Sorry I couldn't paste the pictures in but please help me!

1) When a 58 gram ball is served, it accelerates from rest to a speed of 45 m/s. The impact with the racket gives the ball a constant acceleration over a distance of 44 cm. What is the magnitude of the average net force acting on the ball?

2) Only two forces act on an object (mass=4.0 kg). Find the magnitude and the direction (relative to the x-axis) of the acceleration of the object. The picture depicts a box with a central angle, the "y-axis" vector is 60.0 N and the "x-axis" vector is 40.0 N.

3) Two forces, F1 and F2, act on the 5.00 kg block. The magnitude of the forces are F1=45.0 N and F2=25.0 N. What is the horizontal acceleration (magnitude and direction) of the block. The picture depicts a box and on the upper left hand corner F1 vector is coming down, creating a 65° angle. F2 vector is going into the middle of the right side.


4) Only two forces act on an object (mass=3.00 kg). Find the magnitude and direction (relative to the x-axis) of the acceleration of the object. The picture depicts a box with 45° angle placed in the middle. The x vector is 40. 0 N and the y vector is 60.0 N.
 
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Where did you start with these? You can't help if we don't know where you are getting stuck.
 
In #1 I do not understand how to find the acceleration so that I can find the net force. In questions 2-4 I do jot understand what to dk with the vectors
 
Lets go 1 at a time.

In number 1, what givens do you have?
 
The ball is 58 g it accelerates to 45 m/s2 and it accelerates continuously over 44m
 
44 cm
 

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