Class Notes

Force and Laws of Motion

Class IX
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 MIND MAP

Inertia of rest Inertia of motion Inertia of direction

Resistance to state of Inertia

rest or uniform motion

State of rest or motion remains unaltered

until an external force acts on it

Contact forces
1st law
Non-contact forces Net unbalanced force
acting on a body:

Types of Forces
Force and ∆p
2nd law
Fnet =
∆t
Laws of
Effects of Force Motion For constant mass:

F = ma
Net force
= m(v-u)/t

Fnet ≠ 0
3rd law
Fnet = 0

Balanced Un-balanced F1 = −F2

Force Force
Conservation of
Every action has equal
momentum
and opposite reaction

m 1 u1 + m 2 u2 = m 1 v1 + m 2 v2

Momentum before collision =

Momentum after collision
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∆p
Fnet =
∆t

m ∆v
Fnet =
∆t

Fnet = ma
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F2
A B F3
F4 F1

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F1 = −F2

m1 v1 − m1 u1 m2 v 2 − m2 u 2
F1 = F2 =
t t

• m1 v1 − m1 u1 = −(m2 v2 − m2 u2 )

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[1 mark]
 v −u 7 −3
a= = = 2 m/s 2
t 2
F = ma = 5 × 2 = 10 N [1 mark]

v = u + at
= 3 + 2 × 5 = 13 m/s [1 mark]
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[1 mark]
 𝑣² = 𝑢² + 2𝑎𝑠

02 = 20 2 + 2 𝑎 50
−400 = 100𝑎
400
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𝑎 = − 100 = −4 𝑚/𝑠² (𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛) [1 mark]

𝐹 = 𝑚 × 𝑎
𝐹 = 1 × −4 = −4 𝑁 [1 mark]
1 MOMENTUM p = mv

∆p
Fnet =
∆t
SECOND LAW
2
OF MOTION

Fnet = ma

3 J = mv – mu = m Δv
IMPULSE

J = Fxt

4
THIRD LAW
OF MOTION
F1 = −F2

CONSERVATION OF
MOMENTUM