Newton's laws Flashcards
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1st Law
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The law of inertia - the reluctance of a body to change it’s state of motion. An object at rest will stay at rest until an external force is applied
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2nd law
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The law of acceleration - an object with mass accelerating is equal to the force applied to the object. Force = Mass x Acceleration
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3rd law
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The law of reaction - every action has an equal and opposite reaction. whenever an object exerts a force on another object a force of equal magnitude but opposite direction caused by the second object.
