Question: Two spaceships use tractor beams to pull on an asteroid of mass 5 x 10^6 kg. The USS Enterprise pulls the asteroid leftward with

Two spaceships use tractor beams to pull on an asteroid of mass 

Two spaceships use tractor beams to pull on an asteroid of mass 5 x 10^6 kg. The USS Enterprise pulls the asteroid leftward with a force of 2 x 10^7 N, and the USS Discovery pulls the asteroid rightward with a force of 3 x 10^7 N. If no other forces act on the asteroid, how will it accelerate?

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