Asked by Mason

Several motorboats with the same mass are used in an experiment. The forces of the different motors versus their accelerations are graphed. What is the y-intercept of this graph? (1 point)
Responses

the mass
the mass

zero
zero

the inverse of the mass
the inverse of the mass

the velocity
the velocity

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Zero. From Newton's second law F = ma, when acceleration a = 0 the force F = 0, so the force vs. acceleration line passes through the origin.