If Abdul pedals his 20 kg bike with a force of 100 N, what will the bike’s acceleration be? The formulas above may be helpful in finding the bike's acceleration.

Question

5 m/s2

10 m/s2

200 m/s2

20,000 m/s2

Answer 1

To find the acceleration of Abdul's bike, we can use Newton's second law of motion, which states:

\[ F = m \cdot a \]

where:

• \( F \) is the force applied (in Newtons),
• \( m \) is the mass (in kilograms),
• \( a \) is the acceleration (in meters per second squared).

Rearranging the formula to find acceleration gives us:

\[ a = \frac{F}{m} \]

Given:

• \( F = 100 , \text{N} \)
• \( m = 20 , \text{kg} \)

Now, we can plug in the values:

\[ a = \frac{100 , \text{N}}{20 , \text{kg}} \] \[ a = 5 , \text{m/s}^2 \]

So, the bike's acceleration will be 5 m/s².