Chapter 3: Newton's Laws

Newton's three laws of motion are explained and their application to the analysis of the motion of objects in one dimension is discussed.

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Lesson 1: Newton's First Law of Motion

  1. Newton's First Law
  2. Inertia and Mass
  3. State of Motion
  4. Balanced and Unbalanced Forces

Lesson 2: Force and Its Representation

  1. The Meaning of Force
  2. Types of Forces
  3. Drawing Free-Body Diagrams
  4. Determining the Net Force

Lesson 3: Newton's Second Law of Motion

  1. Newton's Second Law
  2. The Big Misconception
  3. Finding Acceleration
  4. Finding Individual Forces
  5. Free Fall and Air Resistance
  6. Double Trouble

Lesson 4: Newton's Third Law of Motion

  1. Newton's Third Law
  2. Identifying Interaction Force Pairs