NEWTON'S \( 2^{\text {No }} \) LAW OF MOTION Pick 3 6. A 100 kg bag of sand has a weight on 100 N . When dropped its acceleration is what?

Looks like there's a little mix-up with the numbers! A 100 kg bag of sand actually has a weight of about 980 N (since weight is mass times gravitational acceleration, \( W = mg \), where \( g \approx 9.8 \, \text{m/s}^2 \)). When dropped, it would accelerate downwards at \( 9.8 \, \text{m/s}^2 \) due to gravity, as per Newton's second law. Say goodbye to that bag as it makes its swift descent! Fun fact: Every object, regardless of its mass, experiences the same rate of acceleration due to gravity when in free fall! That's why if you drop a bowling ball and a feather in a vacuum, they hit the ground at the same time. In real life, air resistance alters this for lightweight objects like feathers, but it's a fantastic demonstration of Newton's insights!