Something is ==accelerating if its velocity is changing.==
Formula:
It is a vector.
A negative acceleration is called deceleration or retardation.
A uniform acceleration means a constant (steady) acceleration.
An object may have several forces on it. But ==if the forces are in balance, they cancel out each other. Then, the object behaves as if there is no force on it.==
Following are a few examples:
==With balanced forces on it, an object is either at rest, or moving at a velocity.==
==When two forces are unbalanced. They are equivalent to a single force. This is called== ==Resultant Force.==
For example,
It is a ==region in which a mass experience a force due to gravitational attraction.==
Earth’s gravitational field strength is 10 newtons per kilogram. (N/kg)
NOTE:
‘g’ has two meanings:
It is the ==quantity of motion of a moving body, measured as a product of its mass and velocity.==
Linked with the following equation:
Resultant force = rate of change of momentum.
==The link between a resultant force and the rate of change of momentum it produces is== Newton’s second law of motion.
==The parallelogram rule is a== ==method of finding the resultant== ==in situations like the one above, where the vectors are not in line. It works like this:==
^^Q: To find the resultant of two vectors (for example, forces of 30 N and 40 N acting at a point O, as in the diagram below):^^
On paper, draw two lines from 0 to represent the vectors. The directions must be accurate, and the length of each line must be in proportion to the magnitude of each vector.
Draw in two more lines to complete a parallelogram.
Draw in the diagonal from O and measure its length. The diagonal represents the resultant in both magnitude and direction. (Below, for example, the resultant is a force of 60 N at 26° to the horizontal.)