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An unknown force pushes a 17 kilogram block across a smooth frictionless floor. Three seconds after the force is first applied to the block , the block is moving with a speed of 6 meters per second. What is the magnitude of the the unknown force in Newtons?

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find acceleration: 6/3 m/s^2

F=ma find force.

11 newtons

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