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Newton's Laws of Motion

Force

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Forces affect every moment of our life. Our bodies are held to the Earth by force, and they are held together by the forces of charged particles. When we open a door, walk down a street, lift a fork, or touch a baby's face, we are applying force. Our body's atoms are held together by electrical forces, and the core of an atom, called the nucleus...

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We have studied the motion of objects earlier. What causes objects to move?

When a 'push' or a 'pull' is applied to it by another object, it moves. Such an interaction between objects or between an object and its surrounding is called a force.

To determine the force, we need to know how strong and in what direction it acts. Hence, ...

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