Question

What is the acceleration of bowling ball with a mass of 50.0 kg if a net force of 20 N is acting on it?

Answer 1

Given:

$m=50\:\rm kg$

$F=20\:\rm N$

The Newton's second law says

$$ma=F$$

Hence, the acceleration of the ball

$$a=\frac{F}{m}=\frac{20\:\rm N}{50\:\rm kg}=0.4\:\rm m/s^2$$