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State's all three Newton's laws of motion .

State's all three Newton's laws of motion .

1. Newton's First Law of Motion (Law of Inertia): 

   - "An object at rest tends to stay at rest, and an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an external force."

   - In simpler terms, this means that an object will maintain its state of motion (whether at rest or moving) unless an external force acts upon it. If no force is applied, the object will continue its motion or remain at rest.


2. Newton's Second Law of Motion (Law of Acceleration): 

   - "The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting on it and inversely proportional to its mass."

   - Mathematically, this is expressed as F = ma, where F represents the net force applied to an object, m represents its mass, and a represents the acceleration produced.

   - In simpler terms, this law states that the acceleration of an object is dependent on the force applied to it and its mass. The larger the force or the smaller the mass, the greater the acceleration will be.


3. Newton's Third Law of Motion (Law of Action-Reaction): 

   - "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."

   - This law states that whenever one object exerts a force on a second object, the second object exerts an equal and opposite force on the first object. The forces occur in pairs and act on different objects.

   - In simpler terms, if you push against a wall, the wall pushes back with an equal amount of force. This law explains the interaction between two objects and the forces they exert on each other.

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