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force remains constant, then the increase of the mass of the object will cause
acceleration to decrease.
This can be broken down into two statements. The first is that the force and
acceleration of an object has a direct proportion, and the mass and
acceleration of an object has an inverse proportion.
The same thing can be applied to any moving object. Say you have a friend
who is several pounds smaller than you, but they walk exerting the same
amount of force as you. Your friend will go a good deal faster than you because
their acceleration would undoubtedly be higher.
One of the main reasons why people constantly try to reduce the mass of
objects is to be able to increase its speed and acceleration. As mentioned
before, all of the factors have an effect on each other. If something has much
more mass, then exerting more force will make it move faster. Its the reason
why a small child wont be able to throw a football the same distance as a
professional, since the child would be unable to exert the same amount of
force that the football player would.
Understanding Newtons second law is a great way to get you any person into
science. One thing that Newtons second law teaches you about is the
importance of dependent variables. In science and math, there is a very
large difference between independent and dependent variables, and
understanding that difference will allow you to do even more complex
calculations.
car than a large truck and for the same applied force the small car will
accelerate faster than a large truck. Therefore there is also a relationship
between mass and acceleration.
Experimentation proves that acceleration of a body is proportional to the
force applied. This means that acceleration doubles when the force doubles
or acceleration trebles when the force trebles, thus the greater the force the
greater the acceleration. This relationship is represented as:
The unit for measuring force is the newton. One newton is defined as:
The force which gives a mass of 1kg an acceleration of 1 m/s 2