PLs. help me.
2006-08-29 02:59:42 · 5 answers · asked by AlcHeMisT 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
In physics, force is an influence that may cause a body to accelerate. The actual acceleration of the body is determined by the sum of all forces acting on it (known as net force or resultant force). Force is a vector quantity defined as the rate of change of the momentum of the body that would be induced by that force acting alone. Since momentum is a vector, the force has a direction associated with it. The SI unit of force is the newton, while the English unit of force is the pound-force.
2006-08-29 03:07:28 · answer #1 · answered by sweetangel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a somewhat 'intuitive' answer, but think of a force as a 'push' or 'pull' that acts on something. Technically, it's what causes the velocity state of a mass to change.
Doug
2006-08-29 10:06:18 · answer #2 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Force = Mass x Acceleration, so anything that can cause a mass to accelerate would be considered a force.
2006-08-29 10:05:27 · answer #3 · answered by grizzly_r 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excellent question.
how to explain force descriptively.
I think Feynman would have done justice to this question. I hope someone else too could do the same here.
My feeble attempt at this : movement due to attraction or repulsion.
2006-08-29 10:25:07 · answer #4 · answered by Infinity 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that force is measured in nutrons and that a nutron is
kg * m/s^2 mass(kg) multiplied by distance(m) divided by time(s) to the power of two.
2006-08-29 10:11:14 · answer #5 · answered by britneeb23 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋