Chapter 5 : The Laws of

Motion
5.2 Newton’s First Law and Inertial Frames

Constant
velocity of
the base

No Motion Base
acceleration
5.2 Newton’s First Law and Inertial Frames

“In the absence of external forces, when viewed from an inertial

reference frame, an object at rest remains at rest and an object in
motion continues in motion with a constant velocity”

Inertial Frames

Frame with
no
acceleration
(d) Both (a) and (b) are correct.
5.3 Mass

Mass is an inherent property of an object and is independent of

the object’s surroundings and of the method used to measure
it.

Mass measures the resistance of an object to change its

state of motion

Mass and weight are two

different quantities.
5.4 Newton’s Second Law

“The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to

the force acting on it”

(a) A single force acts on the object

(c) The acceleration is in the same direction as the force.
Example 5.1 An Accelerating Hockey Puck

A hockey puck having a mass of 0.3 kg slides on the horizontal,

frictionless surface of an ice rink. Two hockey sticks strike the puck
simultaneously, exerting the forces on the puck. The force F1 has a
magnitude of 5 N, and the force F2 has a magnitude of 8 N.
Determine both the magnitude and the direction of the puck’s
acceleration.
5.6 Newton’s Third Law
The action force is equal in magnitude to the reaction
force and opposite in direction. In all cases, the
action and reaction forces act on different objects
and must be of the same type.

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(c) the same force is experienced by both

(a) the fly

(a) The normal force exerted by the chair

(b) only the forces acting on the object

 Section 5.7 Applications, uploaded on
Moodle

Choose any example. Prepare as power

point, upload on Moodle before next lecture,
and then some will make presentation in the
next lecture(s)
5.8 Forces of Friction
Experiment: Measure the coefficient of
static friction between any two surfaces