Newton's Second Law of Motion/Also presented as
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Newton's Second Law of Motion: Also presented as
Newton's Second Law of Motion is also seen presented in the form:
\(\ds \mathbf F\) | \(=\) | \(\ds m \dfrac {\d \mathbf v} {\d t}\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds m \mathbf a\) | where $\mathbf a$ denotes acceleration |
which is not its most general form, as it assumes constant mass.
Indeed, as Isaac Newton himself put it:
- The acceleration produced by a particular force acting on a body is directly proportional to the magnitude of the force and inversely proportional to the mass of the body.
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