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Newton's Second Law

The rate of change of momentum of a body is directly proportional to the implied force and takes place in the direction of the force.
Newton's Second Law

Already stated p=mv where p is momentum of body of mass m moving with velocity v.

According to second law of Newton

But

Therefore,

since change in mass of body is zero

Thes,

a is acceleration

hence F = ma

Above equation is the consequence of second law prominently used in physics.

 

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