Newton's Three Laws of Motion

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Note on Newton's Three Laws of Motion, created by *Anna* on 04/11/2013.
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Newton's Three Laws of MotionNewton's laws of motion are three physical laws that together laid the foundation for classical mechanics. They describe the relationship between a body and the forces acting upon it, and its motion in response to said forces. First law:An object at rest remains at rest unless acted upon by a force. An object in motion remains in motion, and at a constant velocity, unless acted upon by a force. Second law:The acceleration of a body is directly proportional to, and in the same direction as, the net force acting on the body, and inversely proportional to its mass. Thus, F = ma, where F is the net force acting on the object, m is the mass of the object and a is the acceleration of the object.Third law:When one body exerts a force on a second body, the second body simultaneously exerts a force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to that of the first body.

Isaac Newton

First law:An object at rest remains at rest unless acted upon by a force. An object in motion remains in motion, and at a constant velocity, unless acted upon by a force.

Newtons first law is a re-statement of Galileo's law of inertia.

In simple terms, all objects are stationary until something/someone applies force on it. In a vacuum the object will travel forever but on Earth due to factors such as friction, art resistance etc objects slow down over time 

Second law:The acceleration of a body is directly proportional to, and in the same direction as, the net force acting on the body, and inversely proportional to its mass. Thus, F = ma, where F is the net force acting on the object, m is the mass of the object and a is the acceleration of the object.

Force = Mass x Acceleration

F= ma

Don't confuse Mass with Weight

Mass  ≠ Weight

Force is measure in Newtons.

Third law:When one body exerts a force on a second body, the second body simultaneously exerts a force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to that of the first body.

To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

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1st Law

2nd Law

3rd Law

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