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    The document summarizes Newton's three laws of motion: 1) Newton's first law of motion, the law of inertia, states that an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. 2) Newton's second law states that the acceleration of an object as produced by a net force is directly proportional to the magnitude of the net force, in the same direction as the net force, and inversely proportional to the object's mass. This relationship can be expressed by the equation F=ma. 3) Newton's third law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction,

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    The document summarizes Newton's three laws of motion: 1) Newton's first law of motion, the law of inertia, states that an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. 2) Newton's second law states that the acceleration of an object as produced by a net force is directly proportional to the magnitude of the net force, in the same direction as the net force, and inversely proportional to the object's mass. This relationship can be expressed by the equation F=ma. 3) Newton's third law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction,

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    The document summarizes Newton's three laws of motion: 1) Newton's first law of motion, the law of inertia, states that an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. 2) Newton's second law states that the acceleration of an object as produced by a net force is directly proportional to the magnitude of the net force, in the same direction as the net force, and inversely proportional to the object's mass. This relationship can be expressed by the equation F=ma. 3) Newton's third law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction,

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    The Laws of Motion

    Law of Inertia
    Newton’s first law of motion, the law of inertia, states that, “an object at rest remains
    at rest, and an object in motion will continue to move at constant velocity unless acted
    upon by a net force.” The tendency of an object to maintain its state of rest or of
    uniform velocity in a straight line is called inertia. Mass is a measure of the inertia of
    an object. The greater the mass of an object, the harder it is to move when it is at rest,
    or difficult to stop when in motion.
    A common example where inertia can be observed is when you are on a bus. Initially,
    the bus is at rest. When it starts to move, your body has the tendency to move
    backward. On the other hand, when the bus suddenly stops, your body has the
    tendency to move forward. When the bus either starts to move or suddenly stops, your
    body has the tendency to change your state of motion.

    Law of Acceleration
    The second law of motion is the law of acceleration which states that “the
    acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting on it and is
    inversely proportional to the object’s mass. The direction of the acceleration is in the
    direction of the net force acting on the object.”
    Newton’s second law of motion is expressed through the equation: Σ𝐹⃗=𝑚𝑎⃗
    Recall from Module 1 that the symbol Σ (sigma) stands for the algebraic sum. Σ𝐹⃗
    stands for the net force acting on the object, m for mass of the object and 𝑎⃗for its
    acceleration. The arrow above the letters F and a indicates that both have magnitude
    and direction.

    Formula:

    a = F/m
    F = ma
    m = F/a

    Sample problems:
    Law of Interaction
    The third law of motion is the law of interaction which states that “for every action,
    there is always an equal and opposite reaction.” This law tells us that a force exerted
    on any object is always exerted back by an equal magnitude of force but in opposite
    direction. Always remember that in this law, forces always come in pairs. These are
    called action and reaction forces, and they do not act on the same body. In
    determining the action and reaction forces, be able to identify first the action that
    requires force, and then identify the reaction force that counteracts the action force.
    An example of this is a boy pushing a wall. When the boy pushes the wall (action), the
    wall exerts an equal and opposite magnitude of force to the boy (reaction). Another
    example is a horse pulling a calesa (action). The calesa pulls an equal and opposite
    magnitude of force towards the horse (reaction). Some more examples include
    hammering a nail, pushing a grocery cart, and attracting a paper clip using a magnet.

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