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A 2-kg object moving at 10 m/s has a 4-N force applied to it. Can you predict how the force will affect the object? A) yes, it will slow it down at a rate of 2 m/s2. B) yes, it will speed it up at a rate of 2 m/s2. yes, it will speed it up at a rate of 4 m/s2. D) It cannot be determined without more information.​

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Answer:

D) It cannot be determined without more information.​

Explanation:

Velocity is a vector meaning it has both magnitude and direction.

Force and acceleration are also vectors.

Without knowing the directions of each, we cannot know if the mass has a speed (scalar value) change.

We can know that the mass will have a velocity change at the rate of 2 m/s² in the direction of the applied force.

If that force is applied in the direction of initial velocity, the velocity (and speed) will increase in magnitude in the same direction.

If that force is applied opposite of the initial velocity, the  the velocity (and speed) will decrease in magnitude in the same direction. If the acceleration lasts long enough, velocity will eventually become zero and then become negative. At the same time, speed will become zero, and then increase again as speed is the absolute value of the magnitude of velocity.

If the force is applied at any other angle, both the velocity and the speed will change in both magnitude and direction.

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