Transcript to every action there is an equal and opposite

Please do now:
Draw Free body diagram
for object A and object B:
Block A, with a mass of 10 kg, rests on a 30° incline. The coefficient of
kinetic friction is 0.20. The attached string is parallel to the incline
and passes over a massless, frictionless pulley at the top. Block B,
with a mass of 8.0 kg, is attached to the dangling end of the string.
The acceleration of B is:
Even Spiderman has the weight, right?
Pulling him downward.
what propels him upward?
His muscles? Hm…. No!!!!!!
Just imagine Spiderman hanging
on a rope.
Can his muscles help him to
climb up into the thin air?????
To understand what propels us forward
( or, if someone choses backward) we’ll
introduce third Newton’s law and come
back to this problem later.

YOU CAN’T
TOUCH WITHOUT
BEING TOUCHED
Whenever object A exerts a force on object B, object B exerts
an equal in magnitude and
opposite in direction force on object A.
In every interaction, the forces always occur only in pairs,
BUT these forces act on two different bodies.
Common definition:
- to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
is very dangerous. If one doesn’t define what is action and what is
reaction, it sounds as if one is talking about forces acting on one
body, but that’s not true.
These forces act on different bodies.
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You push the water backward,
the water pushes you forward.
action: tire pushes road
reaction: road pushes tire
action: foot pushes the ground
reaction: the ground pushes the foot that
propels the turtle forward
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action: cannon pushes the cannonball
reaction: cannonball pushes the cannon (recoil)
The same force F (opposite direction), BUT
cannonball:
a
cannon:
a
=F
m
=F
m
action: earth attracts ball
a = F/m = 9.80 m/s2
reaction: ball attracts earth
aE = F/ME ≈ 0
Koka, the clever horse, taught physics by Mrs. Radja says:
You taught me Newton's third law:
to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
It says that if I pull on the wagon, the wagon pulls me back.
If these two forces are equal and opposite, they will cancel,
so that the net force is zero, right?
So the wagon can never move! Since it is at rest, it must
always remain at rest! Get over here and unhitch me, since
I have just proven that Newton's law says that it is
impossible for a horse to pull a wagon!
Please help me!
Why don’t action and reaction forces cancel? Should I find
myself a less educated horse, or should I teach better?
Only the forces that act on the same object can cancel.
Koka: when the ground pushes forward on the horse harder than the cart pulls backward
Koka accelerate forward. (Fnet = F1’ – F2’ > 0)
Cart : accelerates forward when horse force is greater the frictional force
When we want to find acceleration of one body we have to find all forces
acting on that body.
Forces between roller-skaters
If one skater pushes another, they
both feel a force.
The forces must be equal and
opposite, but the acceleration will
be different since they have
different masses.
The person with a smaller mass
will gain the greater velocity.
A roller-skater pushes off from a wall
The force on the girl causes
her to accelerate backwards.
The mass of the wall is so large compared to the
girl’s mass that the force on it does not effectively
cause any acceleration.
It looks unbelievable but it is true.
when they clinch forces are equal – you would expect that
when they clinch forces are equal – would you expect that?
again, the same force but different acceleration
Sudden acceleration can kill
Our organs are not firmly attached to anything.
When head is hit it gains acceleration. But the brain was not hit.
It continues with the same velocity. Skull and brain crash!!!!!
again, the same force but different acceleration
So what propels him upward?
Upward force exerted by the WALL !!!!
Friction force!!!!!
𝑚𝑔
𝐹𝑓𝑟
𝑚𝑔
Exit Ticket
1. How many horizontal forces are acting on the person?
Label them
2. Draw free body diagram for the cart?