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Chapter 1 General Physics
Fgravitation = m g
We might say a persons weight is 50 kg. We should
say
her mass is 50 kg
her weight is 50 kg x 9.8 m/s2 = 490 N
F = ma
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Example
More precisely:
The interaction of two objects always occurs by way
of two forces
A force of the first object acting on the second,
and
An equal-magnitude and oppositely directed force
of the second object acting on the first
PE = mgh