Science Common Sense

1262 - What happens to an object's change in velocity when it receives the same force applied for the same amount of time, comparing objects with different masses?

Imagine you're pushing two friends on a playground, one who's big and heavy, and the other who's small and light. You push them both with the same force for the same amount of time.

The lighter friend will move faster and change their velocity more, because they're easier to push. The heavier friend won't change their velocity as much, because they're harder to push.

That's because an object's change in velocity depends on its mass. The lighter the object, the more it accelerates (or changes velocity) when the same force is applied.