Physics

Since both objects experience the same constant force F, the acceleration of each object can be determined using Newton's Second Law F = ma:

 

For object X with mass , the acceleration is: 

 

For object Y with mass , the acceleration is: 

 

To find the velocity of each object after traveling a certain displacement, we use the kinematic equation:

where is the velocity, is the acceleration, and is the displacement traveled.

 

For object X after traveling a displacement : 

 

For object Y after traveling a displacement : 

(since object Y has half the acceleration of object X,

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