Given,
The mass, m=100 kg
The acceleration, a=5 m/s²
From Newton's second law of motion, the force applied on an object is equal to the product of the mass and the acceleration of the object due to the applied force.
Thus the force needed to cause the given acceleration is,
[tex]F=ma[/tex]
On substituting the known values,
[tex]\begin{gathered} F=100\times5 \\ =500\text{ N} \end{gathered}[/tex]
Thus the force needed to cause the given acceleration is 500 N
