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force is defined by Newton's first law of motion or second law of motion?

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16 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of Askiitians Expert Bharath-IITD
16 Years ago

Dear Raghav,

Force is defined by Newton's Second law of motion .

It states that

"A body experiencing a force F experiences an acceleration a related to F by F = ma, where m is the mass of the body. Alternatively, force is proportional to the time derivative of momentum".

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