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Newton's 3 Laws of Motion are: 1) Newton's 1st law is the law of inertia, which states that an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. 2) Newton's 2nd law is F=ma, which describes how the application of a force can change an object's motion. It states that force is equal to mass times acceleration. 3) Newton's 3rd law is the law of action and reaction, which states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. When two objects interact, they apply forces to each other that are equal

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Newton's 3 Laws of Motion are: 1) Newton's 1st law is the law of inertia, which states that an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. 2) Newton's 2nd law is F=ma, which describes how the application of a force can change an object's motion. It states that force is equal to mass times acceleration. 3) Newton's 3rd law is the law of action and reaction, which states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. When two objects interact, they apply forces to each other that are equal

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REFLECTION PAPER

In our science class we learned the “Newton’s 3 Laws of Motion” which was discovered
by Sir Isaac Newton. Newton’s 3 laws are the following: The 1 st law is the law of inertia next law
is the law of F=ma and the last which is called the law of action and reaction.

Newton’s first law: the law of inertia was first formulated by Galileo Galilei for
horizontal motion on Earth and was later generalized by René Descartes. The law states that if a
body is at rest or keep moving in a straight line at constant speed unless it is acted upon by a
force. In fact, in classical Newtonian mechanics, there is no important distinction between rest
and uniform motion in a straight line; they may be regarded as the same state of motion seen
by different observers, one moving at the same velocity as the particle and the other moving at
constant velocity with respect to the particle.

Newton’s second law: the law of F=ma is a quantitative description of the changes that a
force can produce on the motion of a body. It states that the time rate of change of the
momentum of a body is equal in both magnitude and direction to the force imposed on it. The
momentum of a body is equal to the product of its mass and its velocity. Momentum, like
velocity, is a vector quantity, having both magnitude and direction. A force applied to a body
can change the magnitude of the momentum or its direction or both. Newton’s second law is
one of the most important in all of physics. For a body whose mass m is constant, it can be
written in the form F = ma, where F (force) and a (acceleration) are both vector quantities.

Newton’s third law: the law of action and reaction states that when two bodies interact,
they apply forces to one another that are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction. The
third law is also known as the law of action and reaction. This law is important in analyzing
problems of static equilibrium, where all forces are balanced, but it also applies to bodies in
uniform or accelerated motion. The forces it describes are real ones, not mere bookkeeping
devices. For example, a book resting on a table applies a downward force equal to its weight on
the table. According to the third law, the table applies an equal and opposite force to the book.
This force occurs because the weight of the book causes the table to deform slightly so that it
pushes back on the book like a coiled spring.

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