What is the Ratio of Masses for Forces and Acceleration?

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2. idk if I am supposed to find a numerical answer. but for part

Last edited: Sep 17, 2012

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SHISHKABOB

if F = (3.00 m/s²)m₁
and F = (1.00 m/s²)m₂

then how would you find the ratio [itex]\frac{m_{1}}{m_{2}}[/itex]?

physics=world

i put F = F and then solved for the ratio m1/m2 and i got 0.33 m/s^2. is this correct?