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NEWTON’S LAWS OF MOTION

FRAME OF REFERENCE
LAW OF INERTIA
LAW OF ACCELERATION
LAW OF ACTION-REACTION
FREE-BODY DIAGRAM
FORCES
FRICTION
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The Physics of Force – Classical Mechanics (Newtonian

KINEMATICS
Mechanics and Quantum Mechanics

MECHANICS

DYNAMICS

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FORCE – physical quantity that causes motion or keeps the motion through a push or
pull action
CONTACT AND NONCONTACT FORCES
Contact Forces: Frictional force, tensional force, spring force, normal force etc are the contact forces.
Distant or Noncontact Forces (Field Forces): Electrostatic force, gravitational force, magnetic force etc are
action at a distance forces.

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FREE BODY DIAGRAMS - represent all forces acting on one object,

and only the forces acting on the object.

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WEIGHT-force of gravity acting on a mass

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SOLVING GRAVITATIONAL FORCE OR WEIGHT PROBLEMS

Calculate the weight
of a 4.0 kg mass on
the surface of the
Moon.

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FRICTION – contact force that resists motion • Static frictional force - exists when you start to
move an object from rest (on the verge of slipping);
opposes impending motion
• Limiting frictional force - maximum value of static
friction when body is at the verge of starting motion
• Kinetic frictional force – exists while the object is
moving

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SOLVING FRICTIONAL FORCE PROBLEMS

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SOLVING FRICTIONAL FORCE PROBLEMS

A horizontal force of 85 N is required to pull a child in a sled at constant speed
over dry snow to overcome the force of friction. The child and sled have a
combined mass of 52 kg. Calculate the coefficient of kinetic friction between the
sled and the snow.

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NORMAL FORCE-the reaction force

exerted by an object against an applied force on
it; perpendicular to the point of contact

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NEWTON’S LAWS OF MOTION

• Principia
Mathematica
Philosophiae
Naturalis published
in 1686 by Sir
Isaac Newton

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NEWTON’S FIRST LAW OF MOTION

(from the Latin word for laziness).

• No Net Force or Zero Net Force – summation of vector forces is equal

to zero; the body is in equilibrium
• Nonzero Net Force – there is a nonzero summation of vector forces; the
object is in motion
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NEWTON’S SECOND
LAW OF MOTION
when a net force, F, acts on a mass, m, the resulting
acceleration of the mass, a, is proportional to the magnitude of
the force and inversely proportional to the amount of mass.
The direction of the acceleration is the same as that of the net
force.

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SOLVING NEWTON’S SECOND LAW OF MOTION PROBLEMS

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NEWTON’S THIRD LAW OF MOTION

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FORCES IN AN INCLINED PLANE

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PULLE MASS SYSTEM

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PRACTICE PROBLEM-SOLVING
1. Three children are each pulling on their older sibling, who has a mass of 65 kg.
The forces exerted by each child are listed here. Use a scale diagram to
determine the resultant acceleration of the older sibling.
2. A student standing on a scientific spring scale on Earth finds that he weighs 825
N. Find his mass.
3. A horizontal force of 85 N is required to pull a child in a sled at constant speed
over dry snow to overcome the force of friction. The child and sled have a
combined mass of 52 kg. Calculate the coefficient of kinetic friction between the
sled and the snow.

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ASSIGNMENT (TO BE POSTED)

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