A 200N net force is applied to a tractor in a field. If the 10 000kg tractor starts off at rest and ends up travelling with a speed of 2m/s, how long has this force been applied to the tractor?

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Anthony Bright

Physics

10 September, 02:16

A 200N net force is applied to a tractor in a field. If the 10 000kg tractor starts off at rest and ends up travelling with a speed of 2m/s, how long has this force been applied to the tractor?

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Jakob Morrow · Answer 1

This can be solved using Newtons second law M*a=net force

we can sub in that 10000kg*a=200n so then we know its accelerating at a rate of 0.02 m/s^2

using this we can use the equation vf=vi+a*t

we then have 2m/s=0m/s+.02m/s^2 (t)

then dividing out the acceleration we find that it would take 100 seconds for the tractor to reach that velocity