If a loaded truck that can accelerate at 1 m/s2 loses its load and has one-half of the original mass, what acceleration can it attain from the same driving force?

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F = m a so a = F/m
same F, m' = m/2
F = (m')a'
a' = F/m' = F/(m/2) = 2 F/m = 2 a
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