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Contents 1 1st Law 2 2nd Law 3 3rd Law 4 Comments

1st Law

• An object will stay in a state of rest or in uniform motion unless acted on by an external force.

2nd Law

• The force acting on a body is directly proportional to the mass of the body and its acceleration and is in the direction of the acceleration.

• Force = Mass x Acceleration

For A Level maths and physics the following may also be useful:

The resultant force acting on a body is directly proportional to the rate of change of momentum of the body, and acts in the direction of the momentum change.

This can be mathematically notated as , which is equal to , as .

3rd Law

• To every action force, there is an equal and opposite reaction force.

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