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Chapter 1: Q13DQ (page 123)

Some students refer to the quantity ma S as “the force of acceleration.” Is it correct to refer to this quantity as a force? If so, what exerts this force? If not, what is a better description of this quantity?

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Therefore, the ma→is equal to the net force is just an empirical equation, but it is not a force.

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01

Newton’s Second law

A body accelerates when a net force acts on it and travels in the same direction as the net force. The product of mass and acceleration vector is equal to the force vector.

∑F→=ma→

02

Explain the quantity ma→.

Force being mass times acceleration is just an empirical equation that is used to calculate net force. Even though it is equal to the net force, it is not a force. Acceleration is an effect of a non-zero net force; it itself is not a force.

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