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Relationship between force, mass and accelerationNewton's
Second Law of Motion is concerned with the effect that unbalanced forces have on
motion. An
unbalanced force acting on an object causes it to accelerate. There are two
points to note about the acceleration of an object when an unbalanced force acts
on it:
Newton's Second
Law provides a relationship between the unbalanced force on the object, the mass
of the object and the acceleration that is produced:
unbalanced force = mass x acceleration or F = ma. The
unbalanced force F is measured in newtons (N), the mass m is measured in
kilograms (kg) and acceleration a is measured in metres per second per second
(m/s2).
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