Answer :
The boy and the bike accelerating at 5.875 m/s^2.
What is acceleration?
Acceleration is rate of change of velocity with time. Due to having both direction and magnitude, it is a vector quantity. Si unit of acceleration is meter/second² (m/s²).
Given parameters:
Total mass of the boy and the bike : m = 40 kg.
Net horizontal force = 235 N.
Now according to Newton's 2nd law of motion:
Force = mass × acceleration
⇒ acceleration = Force /mass
⇒ acceleration = 235/40 m/s^2
⇒ acceleration = 5.875 m/s^2.
Hence, they are accelerating at 5.875 m/s^2.
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