Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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ISBN: 9781259894008
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 4, Problem 3E
A net force of 32 N acting on a wooden block produces an acceleration of 4.0 m/s2 for the block. What is the mass of the block?
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