PHYA10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Contact Force, Normal Force, Euclidean Vector

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A pull/push (an action) vector that acts on the object (exerts on it) and requires an agent (cause) is force. Size of a force is its magnitude f . Forces can either be contact forces or long-range forces. Contact forces happens when objects are in touch with other objects and they will disappear when they lost their contact (newton"s zeroth law). Long-range forces act without contact and include : magnetism and force of gravity. Gravity is the only force that is long-range. It is always acting on objects (does not matter if the object is at rest or moves). The vector of the gravitational force is always vertically pointing downwards. Note: g is not a constant since the earth is rotating and it is an ellipsoid without constant density. Note: the weight and the gravitational force are not the same. The direction of the spring force is the opposite the displacement of the object at the end of the spring.

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