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To: jpsb

“F=MA or Force = Mass x Acceleration. Newton was one really smart human.”

Actually, it is the SUM (Sigma) of the forces equals mass times acceleration.

And, yes, Sir Isaac was a very, very smart man.


47 posted on 06/07/2015 1:30:24 AM PDT by Paulie (America without Christianity is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: Paulie

Both force and acceleration are vector quantities. Mass is not. So any force (and, correspondingly, any acceleration) may be expressed as any number of vectors, summed.


66 posted on 06/08/2015 5:51:33 PM PDT by loungitude (The truth hurts.)
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