Multiple choice

If someone with a mass of 40 kg accelerated down a water slide at 4 m/s/s, they would hit the water with a force of:

  1. 10 Newtons

  2. 16 Newtons

  3. 160 Newtons

  4. 16,000 Newtons
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Using Newton's 2nd Law (F = m * a), force equals mass times acceleration. Here, 40 kg * 4 m/s^2 = 160 Newtons.

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