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Pull the rope to bigger or smaller

Exercise and reference answers

Categories
  1. Acceleration rises
  2. Acceleration falls
Questions
  1. Answer
    Acceleration rises
    Question
    The net external force is doubled.
  2. Answer
    Acceleration falls
    Question
    The mass is doubled.
  3. Answer
    Acceleration falls
    Question
    The net external force is halved.
  4. Answer
    Acceleration rises
    Question
    The mass is halved.
  5. Answer
    Acceleration falls
    Question
    A heavier object, same push.
  6. Answer
    Acceleration rises
    Question
    A harder push, same object.
Instructions
Tap the side of the rope showing what happens to the acceleration.

Explanation

_Source: OpenStax College Physics for AP Courses 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 4 'Dynamics: Force and Newton's Laws of Motion', sections 4.1-4.8_
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