A motorised camera carriage has a weight of 72 N where g=10 N kg−1g=10\ \mathrm{N\,kg^{-1}}g=10 Nkg−1. The motor provides a horizontal force of 26 N forwards and the total resistive force is 8 N backwards.
Calculate the horizontal acceleration of the camera carriage.
103 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Physics 2.3 Forces and Newton's laws, covering 2.3.1 Newton's first law, 2.3.2 Newton's second law, and 2.3.3 Weight and gravitational field strength. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.