Finding Velocity from Force, Mass and Time

[-Physician]

Homework Statement

I have been given the force, mass and the time, and I need to find the velocity, and I only have the formula $v=at$

Homework Equations

$v=at$

The Attempt at a Solution

From the Newton's second law we know that $a=\frac{F}{m}$,
So Can I just do $v=\frac{F}{m}t$, or do I need to find acceleration $a$, then just go with the formula $v=at$?

 

[gneill]

Homework Statement

I have been given the force, mass and the time, and I need to find the velocity, and I only have the formula $v=at$

Homework Equations

$v=at$

The Attempt at a Solution

From the Newton's second law we know that $a=\frac{F}{m}$,
So Can I just do $v=\frac{F}{m}t$, or do I need to find acceleration $a$, then just go with the formula $v=at$?

They amount to the same thing.

 

[-Physician]

I don't think they amount the same on this task because i only been given the formula $v=at$ so we would define that formula as $v=\frac{Ft}{m}$.

 

[gneill]

I don't think they amount the same on this task because i only been given the formula $v=at$ so we would define that formula as $v=\frac{Ft}{m}$.

Which, again, is the same thing algebraically.

 

[-Physician]

Maybe so, but how the task needs it to be, I think it's different

 

[vela]

I'm not sure what the distinction you're trying to make is.