Karl chooses a bowling ball with a mass of 4.75 kg. When Karl throws the ball, it's acceleration is 1.5m/s2

Question

Show your work to calculate the force on the ball.(2 points)

Answer 1

To calculate the force acting on the bowling ball, we can use Newton's second law of motion, which states:

\[ F = m \times a \]

where:

• \( F \) is the force,
• \( m \) is the mass of the object,
• \( a \) is the acceleration of the object.

Given:

• Mass (\( m \)) = 4.75 kg
• Acceleration (\( a \)) = 1.5 m/s²

Now, we can substitute the values into the equation:

\[ F = 4.75 , \text{kg} \times 1.5 , \text{m/s}^2 \]

Calculating this gives:

\[ F = 7.125 , \text{N} \]

Therefore, the force on the bowling ball is 7.125 N.