Newton's Second Law of Motion/Also presented as

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Newton's Second Law of Motion: Also presented as

Newton's Second Law of Motion is also seen presented in the form:

\(\ds \mathbf F\) \(=\) \(\ds m \dfrac {\d \mathbf v} {\d t}\)
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds m \mathbf a\) where $\mathbf a$ denotes acceleration

which is not its most general form, as it assumes constant mass.


Indeed, as Isaac Newton himself put it:

The acceleration produced by a particular force acting on a body is directly proportional to the magnitude of the force and inversely proportional to the mass of the body.


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