Chapter 5 Newton’s Third Law of Motion
Newton’s Laws For every action force there is an equal and opposite reaction force (You cannot touch without being touched) The 3 rd Law
Action-Reaction Force Pairs Never act on the same object
Defining Your System Two objects define a system for a Newton’s third law interaction. We are not considering (necessarily) the net force acting on an object. An object cannot exert a force on itself to cause an acceleration.
Action: rocket pushes on gases Reaction: gases push on rocket
Action: tire pushes on road Reaction: road pushes on tire
Force accelerating bulletRecoil force a = F/ m
Vectors an arrow drawn to scale used to represent a vector quantity Vector Notation
Components of a Vector x y
Vector Addition
Notes on Components Components are vectors
Vector Subtraction
Chapter 5 Review Questions
A bug and a car collide. Which experiences the greater force? (a) bug (b) car (c) neither, they both experience the same magnitude of force
Consider hitting a baseball with a bat. If we call the force applied to the ball by the bat the action force, identify the reaction force. (a) the force applied to the bat by the hands (b) the force applied to the bat by the ball (c) the force the ball carries with it in flight (d) the centrifugal force in the swing (b) the force applied to the bat by the ball