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background knowledge…

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  • mass: amount of matter in an object

- acceleration: speed up, slow down, change direction

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Newton’s second law of motion

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  • The acceleration of an object as produced by a net force is directly proportional to the magnitude of the net force, in the same direction as the net force, and inversely proportional to the mass of the object
  • force = Mass * Acceleration

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