Question: A standard object defined as having a mass of exactly 1 kg is given an acceleration of 2.6587 m/s 2 when a certain force is

A standard object defined as having a mass of exactly 1 kg is given an acceleration of 2.6587 m/s2 when a certain force is applied to it. A second object of unknown mass acquires an acceleration of 1.1705 m/s2 when the same force is applied to it.

(a) What is the mass of the second object?

(b) Is the mass that you determined in part (a) gravitational or inertial mass?

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