Newtons law and inertia

What is newtons third law?

When two objects interact they exert equal and opposite forces on each other

When to apply newtons third law?

in equilibrium situations

Write a method to investigate newtons second law

(the light gate method)

What is newtons second law?

The acceleration of an object is proportional to the resultant force acting on the object, and inversely proportional to the mass of the object.

F = ma

What is the intertial mass?

* a measure of how difficult it is to change the velocity of an object * the ratio of force over acceleration.

the quantitive measure of an object’s resistance to change in its motion.

how to calculate inertial mass

inertial mass = force/acceleration

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(Inversly proportional to acceleration)

What is newtons first law?

objects will remain at rest, or move with a constant velocity, unless acted on by a resultant force

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If the resultant force acting on an object is zero and:

•the object is stationary, the object remains stationary

•the object is moving, the object continues to move at the same speed and in the same direction. So the object continues to move at the same velocity

What is inertia?

The tendency of an object to continue in its state of rest, or in uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force