Physics Class Notes

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**Subject: Physics**

Title: "Newton's Laws of Motion"

1. **Introduction to Newton's Laws**

- Sir Isaac Newton formulated three fundamental laws of motion in the late 17th century.

2. **Newton's First Law (Law of Inertia)**

- An object at rest tends to stay at rest, and an object in motion tends to stay in motion unless
acted upon by an external force.

- Inertia is the tendency of an object to resist changes in its state of motion.

3. **Newton's Second Law (Law of Acceleration)**

- F = ma, where F is the force applied to an object, m is its mass, and a is the acceleration
produced.

- This law quantifies how the velocity of an object changes when subjected to an external force.

4. **Newton's Third Law (Action-Reaction)**

- For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

- This law explains how forces are always exerted in pairs.

5. **Applications and Significance**

- Newton's laws are fundamental to understanding and predicting the motion of objects, from
falling apples to planetary orbits.

- They form the basis of classical mechanics and are still used in engineering and physics today.

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