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Revise: Forces

Newton's three laws of motion, gravitation, contact forces and equilibrium, mass and weight, freely falling bodies, and momentum and its conservation.

Newton's First Law

An object keeps its state of motion unless a net force acts (inertia).

A tablecloth yanked fast leaves the dishes almost still.

Newton's Second Law

F = ma

60 N on 12 kg → 5 m/s².

Newton's Third Law

Every action has an equal, opposite reaction on the OTHER object.

Swimmer pushes water back; water pushes swimmer forward.

Mass and Weight

W = mg. Mass is constant; weight depends on local gravity.

80 kg on the Moon (g=1.6) → 128 N.

Momentum and Impulse

p = mv; impulse J = FΔt = Δp.

3 kg at 6 m/s → p = 18 kg·m/s.