✎ Newton's Second Law [The Physics Travel Guide]

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====== Newton's Second Law: $\quad \color{blue}{\vec F}=\color{olive}{m}\color{magenta}{\vec a}$ ======

Newton's second law tells us that how an object $\color{magenta}{\text{gets faster}}$ depends on its $\color{olive}{\text{mass}}$ and the $\color{blue}{\text{total force }}$ acting on it.
  
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In this section things should be explained by analogy and with pictures and, if necessary, some formulas.
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The motto in this section is: //the higher the level of abstraction, the better//.
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Newton's second law is the most fundamental equation of [[theories:classical_mechanics|classical mechanics]]. It is still used nowadays, for example, by engineers.

* $\vec F$ is the force that acts on the object in question.
  * $\vec a$ is the acceleration of the object. The acceleration is the rate of change of the velocity $\vec v$ of the object, which in turn is the rate of change of the location $\vec r$ of the object: $a = \ddot{r} = \dot{v}$.

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