A 6.0 kg object is pushed with a force of 12 N. If the mass of the object is cut in half to 3.0 kg, what happens to the acceleration if the force remains constant?

aceleration doubles

Explanation:

From Newton's secon law, one has

F=m*a

where F is the force, m the mass and a the aceleration.

In general, if m becomes m/2, in order to have the same force,

the acceleration must be doubled:

In our particular case,

answer: the correct answer is 1.

explanation: there are various process in which a radioactive nuclei decays:

1) alpha decay: in this process, a heavier nuclei decays into lighter nuclei by releasing alpha particle. the mass number is reduced by 4 units.

2) electron capture: in this decay process, a parent nuclei absorbs an electron and gets converted into a neutron. simply, a proton and an electron combines together to form a neutron. mass number does not change in this process.

3) gamma ray emission: it is a decay process in which an unstable nuclei gives excess energy by a spontaneous electromagnetic process. this decay releases . this process does not change the mass number.

4) positron emission: it is a type of decay process, in which a proton gets converted to neutron and an electron neutrino. this is also known as -decay. in this the mass number remains same.

from the above information, we see that only alpha-decay is producing a change in the mass number of the nucleus.