PHYS 1111L Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Parallelogram Law, Net Force

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Acceleration, in physics, is the rate of change of velocity of an object with respect to time. An object"s acceleration is the net result of any and all forces acting on the object, as described by newton"s second law. The si unit for acceleration is metre per second squared (m s "2). Accelerations are vector quantities (they have magnitude and direction) and add according to the parallelogram law. As a vector, the calculated net force is equal to the product of the object"s mass (a scalar quantity) and its acceleration. For example, when a car starts from a standstill (zero relative velocity) and travels in a straight line at increasing speeds, it is accelerating in the direction of travel. If the car turns, an acceleration occurs toward the new direction.

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