Newton's Second Law

How is an object’s acceleration related to the net force acting on the object? When the forces acting on an object are unbalanced, the object accelerates. Newton’s second law describes how an object’s acceleration is related to the amount of net force acting on it.

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Grade Level: High School

Subject: Physics

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