a 15kg mountain bike with an acceleration to 0.6m/s2

[obeypriscilla]

the 2 is supposed to be little this question was on my homework i need to know how you get the answer by process

[wildwood]

Huh?

[wildwood]

are you sure the '2' isn't supposed to be a 's' meaning 60cm per second? Even then, it still doesn't make sense to me. Math is not my strongpoint, especially not this time of the morning.

[vascop]

force= mass x acceleration. Now do it.

[bibblebub]

0.6m/s² is what the question intends

[Gizmonster]

So you have a 15kg bike with an accleration of 0.6m/s² ...... what's the question ??

[factor-fiction]

The question must be to calculate the force.
The formula must be in your book- it's one of the most basic ones of Newtonian mechanics. Look up Newton's Second Law (F=ma). You have the information you need to work out F. You don't even need a calculator

[argorstran]

Am I missing something - surely you would need to know the mass of the rider on it as well ?
(...or is this an ultra-light rider on an ultra-light bike...)

[factor-fiction]

Good point- maybe the question says " suppose Bradley falls off and the bike mysteriously continues to accelerate ...."

[ChuckFickens]

Either that or the bike is in free fall on Pluto.