Newton's Second Law of Motion
Newton's second law of motion states that an object's acceleration depends on its mass and the net force acting on it. This relationship can be written as follows:
Acceleration = Net force or Net force = Mass x Acceleration Mass Acceleration is measured in meters per second per second (m/s2). Mass is measured in kilograms (kg). Newton's second law shows that force is measured in kilograms times meters per second per second (kg x m/s2). This unit is also called the newton (N), which is the SI Unit of force. One newton is the force required to give a 1-kg mass an acceleration of the 1 m/s2. To learn more about newtons second law of motion click here |
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