Contents of Chapter 4 Force Newtons First Law of Motion Mass Newtons Second Law of Motion Newtons Third Law of Motion Weight-the Force of Gravity; and the Normal Force Solving Problems with Newtons Laws
Free-Body Diagrams Problems Involving Friction, Inclines 4-1 Force A force is a push or pull
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Inertial reference frames
An inertial reference frame is one in which Newtons first law is valid
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Mass is not weight
Mass is a property of an object
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Newtons third law
Whenever one object exerts a force on a second object, the second exerts an equal force in the opposite direction on the first
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Rocket propulsion can also be explained using Newtons third law
hot gases from combustion spew out of the tail of the rocket at high speeds
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Helpful notation
the first subscript is the object that the force is being exerted on; the second is the source
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4-7 Solving Problems with Newtons Laws
Free-Body Diagrams 1
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For kinetic-sliding-friction, we write
μk is the coefficient of kinetic friction, and is different for every pair of surfaces
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An object sliding down an incline has three forces acting on it
the normal force, gravity, and the frictional force
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Summary of Chapter 4 Newtons first law
If the net force on an object is zero, it will remain either at rest or moving in a straight line at constant speed