Answer
$a = 1.24 m/s^2 $
Work Step by Step
We know that
$a=\frac{F-W}{m}$
We plug in the known values to obtain:
$a=\frac{46.2N-40.0N}{5Kg}$
$\implies a=1.24m/s^2$
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