Newton's second law states that the force is equal to the mass times the acceleration, that is:
[tex]F=ma[/tex]In this case the mass is 3.60 kg and the acceleration is 5.60 m/s²; plugging these values we have:
[tex]\begin{gathered} F=(3.60)(5.60) \\ F=20.16 \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore, the force required is 20.16 N.
