According to Newton's second law of motion, if a rigid body of unchanging mass is observed accelerating, what must be happening?

Question 10 options:

A force is being applied to the mass.

A force was once applied but is now not being applied.

No force was or is being applied to the mass

The mass must be changing.

1 answer

According to Newton's second law of motion, if a rigid body of unchanging mass is observed accelerating, it implies that a force is being applied to the mass. Therefore, the correct answer is:

A force is being applied to the mass.