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Grade 12General Physics

Is it true that newton’s second law of motion is not applicable to animate objects? Can you pls explain with example.

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11 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of shubham sharda
ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer11 Years ago
No it is not true. Newton’s laws of motion are universal laws that means they are applicable every body in universe, including animate objects.
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11 Years ago
Newton’s laws are applicable to all objects. Though they were originally defined for point sized or dimensionless bodies, the concept of ‘centre of mass’ of a rigid body enables us to justify the validity of Newton’s laws in actuality. In addition, animate and inanimate rigid bodies show rotational effects upon themselves along with translational.