Newton's Laws
Newton described force as the ability to cause a mass to accelerate.
- Newton's first law states that an object in motion will stay in motion unless a force is applied. This law deals with inertia, which is a property of matter that resists acceleration and depends only on mass.
- Newton's second law states that force is equal to the rate of change of momentum.
- Newton's third law states that for every action, there is an equal but opposite reaction.
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