A box of mass 72 kg is at rest on a horizontal frictionless surface. A constant horizontal force of magnitude F then is exerted on the box, accelerating it to the right. You observe that it takes the box 3.4 seconds to travel 13 meters

What is the magnitude of the force F?


160 N

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