What is the direction of the average acceleration

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A push on a 1-kg brick accelerates it. Neglecting friction, to equally accelerate a 10-kg brick, one would have to push with

A) one tenth the amount of force.

B) 100 times as much force.

C) Just as much force.

D) 10 times as much force.

E) None of these

2. A car drives west at 60 mph and then turns south driving at 60 mph for the rest of the trip. What is the direction of the average acceleration?(where we utilize the convention that north points in they direction and east points in the +direction.)

A) Southwest B) southeast C) northwest D) northeast

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