The Big Misconception
Newton's second law predicts that an object always accelerates in the direction of the unbalanced or net force. This connection between acceleration direction and net force direction is often misunderstood by beginning students of Physics, causing great trouble in their understanding of the force-motion connection. In this Lesson, The Physics Classroom directly confronts the common misconceptions that too often prevail in student's thinking.
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