One newton is an amount of force equal to one kilogram meter per second squared. If you applied a force of one newton to a mass of one kilogram, you would accelerate that one kilogram mass by one meter per second, every second. After two seconds of applying the force, the object would accelerate to two meters per second, and so on. If you are working with inches and pounds instead of meters and kilograms, you will need the correct conversion factors to convert the force.
Instructions
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Multiply the number of newtons by the number of pounds in one kilogram, which is about 2.2.
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Multiply this result by the number of inches in one meter, which is about 39.4.
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Add your units. One newton is understood to be one kilogram meter per second squared. Few scientists work with pound inches per second squared.
