SOLUTION: A 1,500 kg car accelerates from 44 km/h to 80 km/h in 10 s. What was the net force exerted on the car? I know that F=ma but I am confused about what to do because it asks for the

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Question 568206: A 1,500 kg car accelerates from 44 km/h to 80 km/h in 10 s. What was the net force exerted on the car?
I know that F=ma but I am confused about what to do because it asks for the net force do I add 44 and 88 or subtract the terms?
Answer by richard1234(5390) About Me  (Show Source):
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First find the acceleration of the car. We have

(kilometers per hour, per second). However we want to convert kilometers per hour to meters per second. 1 kph is roughly .2778 m/s, and it turns out that 3.6 kph/s is exactly 1 m/s^2. So a = 1 m/s^2.

We use F = ma to obtain