A push on a 1-kg brick accelerates the brick. Neglecting friction, to equally accelerate a 10-kg brick, one would have to push with

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According to Newton's second law of motion, the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting on the object and inversely proportional to its mass. Therefore, to achieve the same acceleration for a 10-kg brick as a 1-kg brick, one would need to apply 10 times as much force.

A Push on a 1-Kg Brick Accelerates the Brick