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Area 3: Mechanisms and structures

Quick questions on Forces, mass, weight and F equals ma - SQA National 5 Engineering Science

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A 20 kg object is on Earth (g=9.8 N/kgg = 9.8 \text{ N/kg}). Calculate its weight. [2 marks]
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State the unit of force. [1 mark]
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A 5.0 kg5.0 \text{ kg} mass accelerates at 3.0 m/s23.0 \text{ m/s}^2. Calculate the unbalanced force. [2 marks]

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