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Newton's Laws of Motion Explained

This document outlines Newton's three laws of motion. The first law states that an object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion with the same velocity unless acted on by an unbalanced force. The second law establishes that force equals mass times acceleration, or that the total force on an object equals its change in momentum. The third law describes that for every action force there is an equal and opposite reaction force.

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Newton's Laws of Motion Explained

This document outlines Newton's three laws of motion. The first law states that an object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion with the same velocity unless acted on by an unbalanced force. The second law establishes that force equals mass times acceleration, or that the total force on an object equals its change in momentum. The third law describes that for every action force there is an equal and opposite reaction force.

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First law: Every body remains in a state of rest or uniform


motion (constant velocity) unless it is acted upon by an
external unbalanced force.
 An object that is at rest will stay at rest unless an unbalanced force
acts upon it.
 An object that is in motion will not change its velocity unless an
unbalanced force acts upon it

2. Second law: A body of mass m subject to a net force F


undergoes an acceleration a that has the same direction as the
force and a magnitude that is directly proportional to the force
and inversely proportional to the mass, i.e., F = ma.
Alternatively, the total force applied on a body is equal to the
time derivative of linear momentum of the body.

3. Third law: For every action, there is an equal and


opposite reaction (Action-reaction law),
 The mutual forces of action and reaction between two
bodies are equal, opposite and collinear. This means that
whenever a first body exerts a force F on a second body,
the second body exerts a force −F on the first body. F and
−F are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction.
As the with F called the "action" and −F the "reaction".
The action and the reaction are simultaneous
 When you sit in your chair, your body exerts a
downward force on the chair and the chair exerts an
upward force on your body. There are two forces
resulting from this interaction - a force on the chair
and a force on your body.

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