If the force acting on a cart doubles, what happens to the cart's acce

According to **Newton's Second Law of Motion**, the relationship between force (\( F \)), mass (\( m \)), and acceleration (\( a \)) is given by the equation: \[ F = m \times a \] This equation tells us that the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting upon it and inversely proportional to its mass. **If the force acting on the cart doubles** (assuming the mass of the cart remains constant), the equation becomes: \[ 2F = m \times a' \] Where \( a' \) is the new acceleration. To find the new acceleration: \[ a' = \frac{2F}{m} = 2 \times \left( \frac{F}{m} \right) = 2a \] **Therefore, the cart's acceleration will double.** **Key Point:** *Doubling the force applied to a cart (with constant mass) results in doubling its acceleration.*