An Introduction to Physical Science
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ISBN: 9781305079137
Author: James Shipman, Jerry D. Wilson, Charles A. Higgins, Omar Torres
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 3, Problem 5MC
According to Newton’s second law of motion, when an object is acted upon by an unbalanced force, what can be said about the acceleration? (3.3)
- (a) It is inversely proportional to the object’s mass.
- (b) It is zero.
- (c) It is inversely proportional to the net force.
- (d) It is independent of mass.
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According to Newton's third law, every force is accompanied by an equal and opposite reaction force. The reason that these forces do not cancel each other is ____.
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e. ... nonsense! They do cancel each other. Objects accelerate because of the presence of a third force.
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