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Chapter 3: Newton’s Laws: Determining the Motion

Chapter 3: Newton’s Laws: Determining the Motion

pp. 49-78

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, San José State University, California
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This chapter (and much of the rest of this book) deals with dynamics, that is, the relation between the forces acting on a body and its motion. A force is an interaction between a body (or particle) and its environment, often described as a push or a pull in a specified direction. In this book you will encounter a number of familiar forces, such as the gravitational force and forces exerted by springs, as well as a few less-familiar ones.

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