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9 Science Forces&LawofMotion
9 Science Forces&LawofMotion
Blood rushes from head to r feet while quickly stopping when riding on a
descending elevator.
The head of a hammer can be tightened onto the wooden handle by banging
the bottom of the handle against a hard surface.
A brick is painlessly broken over the hand of a physics teacher by slamming it
with a hammer.
To dislodge ketchup from the bottom of a ketchup bottle, it is often turned
upside down and thrusted downward at high speeds and then abruptly halted.
Headrests are placed in cars to prevent whiplash injuries during rear-end
collisions.
While riding a skateboard (or wagon or bicycle), you fly forward off the board
when hitting a curb or rock or other object which abruptly halts the motion of
the skateboard.
p2 p1
mv mu
m(v u).
m (v u )
t
t
F=
Here a [=
m (v u )
t
km (v u )
= kma
t
(v u )
] is the acceleration, which is the rate of change of velocity. The
t
F=
m (v u )
t
or Ft = mv mu
That is, when F = 0, v = u for whatever time, t is taken. This means that the object
will continue moving with uniform velocity, u throughout the time, t. If u is zero then
v will also be zero. That is, the object will remain at rest.
F=
m (v u )
t
F=
5kg (7 m /s 3 m /s)
2s
v=
u+
Ft
m