How much force in newton's is required to accelerate a shot put weighing 4kg

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To calculate the force required to accelerate an object, you need to know both the mass and acceleration. In this case, we assume you want to know how much force is needed to accelerate the shot put, so we need to know the desired acceleration.

Let's say we want to accelerate the shot put at 2 meters per second squared (2 m/s^2).

The formula to calculate force is given by Newton's second law of motion:

Force (F) = mass (m) * acceleration (a)

Plugging the given values into the formula:

F = 4 kg * 2 m/s^2
F = 8 kg⋅m/s^2
F = 8 N

Therefore, the force required to accelerate a shot put weighing 4 kg at a rate of 2 m/s^2 is 8 Newtons.