NEWTONS LAWS OF

MOTION
Introduction
Newtons Laws are the three laws by Isaac Newton that
describe the relationship between body and the force reacting
upon it. These laws have been written by I. Newton in his book
Principia. You will be able to apply these laws to every object
in every environment but every environment comes with its
own forces for example the earth has gravity but the space
doesnt.

Law I
Newton States in his first law of motion: Every object persists
in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line unless it is
compelled to change that state by forces impressed on it.
This means that an object without any force applied to it will not
be able to move and every object that had a force applied to it
but has no opposite force working against the first one, the
object will keep moving on a constant speed.

Law II
Newtons second law of motion is F=ma

which means: a force

(F) is equal to mass (m)

multiplied by acceleration (a).
This law explains the
relationship between the mass
and acceleration of an object
and the force applied to it.

10m/s2

?N
20kg

10m/s2

?N
50kg

For example: If we want two boxes to move with an accelaration

of 10m/s but one of them has a mass of 20kg and the other one
50kg
Box 1: F=20*10=200
Box 2:F=50*10=500

Which means we need more Force (Newton) to push a heavier

box with the same acceleration.

Law III
The third Newtonian law of motion states: an active force will
result in a reactive (opposite) force. Which means if you push
(active) against an object you will get resistance (reactive)
force. The more force you put into an object, the more force you
will receive. For example if you want to push a person you will
need to be able to push his weight because you have to resist
the force you receive from pushing him.
Reactive Force

Active Force

Conclusion
We can combine these three laws together with an example:
You want to push a chair
Law I:
a. The chair is not yet moving so we need to apply a force to
it.
b. We can apply force by pushing it.
Law II:
a. The chair has a weight of 100kg and you want to push it
with an acceleration of 20 m/s2

b. F=ma, F=100*20, F=2000, we need to apply a force of

2000N to it
Law III:
a. We need to be able to resist the forces we receive
b. If we are not able to create the desired push (2000N), we
will not be able to move the chair