A push on a 1-kg brick accelerates the brick. Neglecting friction, to equally accelerate a 10-kg brick requires the force to be

A) just as much.
B) 10 times as much.
C) 100 times as much.
D) one-tenth as much.
E) none of the above


Answer: B

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a.
A

b.
B

c.
C

d.
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e.
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