Is Acceleration Equal to Net Force Divided by Mass in Newton's Second Law?

[jjg242]

Is acceleration involving N just N/kg?

so If I have a ball that is 7kg and 5 N of force is applied will the acceleration be 5 / 7 = 0.71 m/s/s ?

 

[Doc Al]

Yes, but just to be clear I'll restate it: Newton's 2nd law says that the acceleration of an object is related to its mass and the net force on it according to: a = F/m. If F is measured in N, and m in kg, then a will be in m/s/s (which is equivalent to N/kg).