The situation is illustrated in Figure 5.1. We conclude that indeed the force is a vector and that both the force and the corresponding acceleration have the same direction. The Acceleration of the standard body under the influence of two forces. The acceleration produced by a certain force depends on the mass of the object. The acceleration of an object with twice the mass of the standard mass under the influence of a certain force is half that of the acceleration of the standard mass due to the same force.
Force is a vector.
A force acting on an object produces an acceleration. The direction of the acceleration is the same as the direction of the force applied. For a given force, the resulting acceleration of a body with a mass twice that of the standard mass, is half that of the acceleration of the standard mass under the influence of the same force. A student pushes a loaded sled whose mass is 240 kg for a distance of 2.3 m over the frictionless surface of a frozen lake. Coordinate System Sample Problem 5-1.