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Understanding Newton's Laws of Motion

Newton's laws describe how forces cause motion or changes in motion. The first law states that an object at rest stays at rest or an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by a net force. The second law establishes that acceleration is directly proportional to net force and inversely proportional to mass. The third law specifies that for every action force there is an equal and opposite reaction force. The principle of moment states that the sum of clockwise torques equals the sum of counter-clockwise torques for an object to remain in rotational equilibrium.

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Understanding Newton's Laws of Motion

Newton's laws describe how forces cause motion or changes in motion. The first law states that an object at rest stays at rest or an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by a net force. The second law establishes that acceleration is directly proportional to net force and inversely proportional to mass. The third law specifies that for every action force there is an equal and opposite reaction force. The principle of moment states that the sum of clockwise torques equals the sum of counter-clockwise torques for an object to remain in rotational equilibrium.

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Forces and Turning effect of Force

Newtons First Law: A body continues to stay in its state of rest or uniform motion in a
straight line as long as there is no net force acting on the body.
Newtons Second Law: The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force
acting on it and inversely proportional to its mass.
Newtons Third Law: For every force object A acts on object B, object B will exert an equal
and opposite force on object A giving rise to reaction force.

M=FdM=Fd, M = moment, d = perpendicular dist. from force to pivot


Principle of moment: sum of anti-clockwise moment = sum of clockwise
moment. rotational equilibrium.

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