the greater the mass of an object, the greater is the force needed to? the object
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Newton's Second Law also says that the greater the mass of the object being accelerated, the greater the amount of force needed to accelerate the object. Say you have two identical bicycles that each have a basket
the greater the mass of an object, the greater is the force needed to move the object.
From Newton's second law of motion, we know that the rate of change of momentum is equal to the force applied.
This can be written as
F = ma
Where f is the force applied
m = mass of the object
a = acceleration of the object
Now from this relation, we can see that the force applied is directly proportional to the mass of the object and the acceleration of the object.
Therefore as the mass of the object increases the force applied to provide acceleration to the object will increase.
In other words with an increase in mass the force required to move the object or increase the velocity of a moving object will increase.