derive Newton's second law of motion
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the force acting on an object is directly proportional to the product of the mass of the object and the acceleration produced on it .
Newton's 2nd law of motion states that ;
" The rate of change of momentum is directly proportional to the unbalance force in the direction of force "
Consider a body of Mass m having an initial velocity u. The initial momentum of this body will be mu. Suppose a force F acts on this body for time t & causes the final velocity to become v. The final momentum of this body will be mv. Now,the change in momentum of this body is mv - mu & the time taken for this change is t. So, According to Newton's First Law of Motion :
Recall the first equation of motion
v = u + at
Substitute this value in above one
Hence,
But we need to remove the proportionality symbol ,
In order to remove it we need to add an proportionality constant.
So,
k = 1
So,
Derived.