Examples of
Force = Mass x Acceleration

Having won his race a driver drops his 1kg champagne bottle
from the platform down to his crew!
What is the force the crew member feels as he catches the bottle?

If the bottle has a mass of 1kg
And the bottle falls at 10m/s/s
F = MA
Force = 1kg x 10m/s/s
Force = 10 kNewtons

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Force is measured in Newtons (N)

1 Newton is about the weight of an apple

Mass is measured in Kilograms (kg)

Acceleration is measured in metres per second per second (m/s/s)