Which of Newton's Three Laws does the following statement satisfy? The relationship between an object's mass (m), its acceleration (a), and the applied force F is F=ma. Acceleration and force are vectors. This law requires that the direction of the acceleration vector is in the same direction as the force vector.
Question
Which of Newton's Three Laws does the following statement satisfy? The relationship between an object's mass (m), its acceleration (a), and the applied force F is F=ma. Acceleration and force are vectors. This law requires that the direction of the acceleration vector is in the same direction as the force vector.
Solution
The statement satisfies Newton's Second Law of Motion. This law states that the force acting on an object is equal to the mass of the object multiplied by its acceleration. It also implies that force and acceleration are both vectors and thus have a direction, and that the direction of the acceleration is the same as the direction of the force.
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