Finding the instantaneous acceleration

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How do you go about finding the instantaneous acceleration when given the instantaneous force and mass of an object?

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A baseball of mass 0.13 kg is struck by a bat with an instantaneous force of 5557.0 N. What is the instantaneous acceleration of the ball?
 
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What would be a relevant equation?
 
rootX said:
What would be a relevant equation?
Oh nevermind...I was making it more complicated than what it was f=ma...thanks!
 
I am also pretty sure that inst. a = inst F * m