How Much is One Newton ?

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We often deals with Force and Newton’s Laws of Motion. Force literally is a push or a pull on an object. But Newton’s Second Law defines and explains the concept of force in a Scientific way. It can be stated as follows : Force is equal to the change in momentum per change in time. And for a constant mass m, force (F) equals mass times acceleration (a). ie ; F= ma. That’s most heard and learnt form of Newton’s Second Law of Motion. Keep in mind force is a vector quantity and the direction should always be specified. After all, all the force you apply won’t result in acceleration. There come’s the first law which emphasizes on the “Unbalanced Force”. Along with the definition of force, there comes the unit of force Newton (Great Respect to Isaac Newton ). The unit by definition can be taken as Kgms-2.Here the question arrives- How much is One Newton ?

It’s obvious by the definition it’s the force required to move One Kilogram Mass by One ms-2 acceleration. F= 1Kg . 1ms-2. But this is little difficult to perceive. There is a simple practical way of understanding this. The video explains this concept of One Newton (1N) and Ten Newton (10N). However, that’s a simple observation, but it’s a necessity that a practical understanding of units have to be there, which will make people think the theory, equations and concepts in science has a lot to relate in the daily life.

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