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If a net force of 1 N is maintained on an object what speed would it reach?
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Such an object would be accelerated, according to Newton's Second Law, at the rate of F / m (force / mass). For example, if the mass is 1 kilogram, the acceleration would be 1 meter per second square (speed would increase 1 meter/second every second); if the mass is 1/1000 of a kilogram, the acceleration would be 1000 meters/second squared, etc. In theory, such an object can get faster and faster, until it is close to the speed of light. In practice, it might be difficult to maintain such as force, however.
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