AN INSIGHT INTO THE NEWTON'S SECOND LAW OF MOTION
WHAT WE ASSUME:- Applying a force on a body causes a body's velocity to change and results in a non-zero acceleration which is in the direction of force. This is governed by the famous formula, F=m.a WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS:- Newton's second law of motion can be more fundamentally stated as the follows: The rate of change of momentum of an object is directly proportional to the applied force on the object and the change in momentum takes place in the direction of the applied force . This is shown by the formula- where "F" is the force acting on the body, "p" is the momentum and "t" is the time. This formula can be further extended as- This is also logical and important to know because many people (including many high school students) have this major misconception. This is because, velocity and force are related to each other directly. The main effect of force is that it changes the quantity of Force is related to momentum directly because momen...
