11/21/03 Chapter 5. Newton’s Laws of Motion

Newton's second law of motion states that an object with mass m has an acceleration a equal to the net force ΣF acting on that object divided by its mass m: a = ΣF/m. Hint 2/Comment: By Newton's third law, force exerted by the truck on the trailer is equal to the force that the trailer exerts on the truck. Comment ................
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