A 60-kg person on in-line skates pushes against a wall with a force of 30 N and recoils. What acceleration does that person experience?
To find the acceleration that the person experiences when pushing against the wall, we can use Newton's Second Law of Motion, which states:
Where:
is the net force,
is the mass,
is the acceleration.
Given:
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