A-Level Maths Edexcel (9MA0)

#2.8.2 Newton's second law

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Understand and use Newton's second law for motion in a straight line (restricted to forces in two perpendicular directions or simple cases of forces given as 2-D vectors); extend to situations where forces need to be resolved (restricted to 2 dimensions).

Problems will involve motion in a straight line with constant acceleration in scalar form, where the forces act either parallel or perpendicular to the motion.

Problems may involve motion in a straight line with constant acceleration in vector form, where the forces are given in i−j\bold{i} - \bold{j} form or as column vectors.

Extend to problems where forces need to be resolved, e.g. a particle moving on an inclined plane.