What is an everyday example of newton's second law?

Answer 1

Newton's first law states "Something at rest stays at rest unless acted on by an unbalanced or outside force". "Something in motions stays in motion unless acted on by an unbalanced or outside force".

There are many applications of Newton's first law of motion. Consider some of your experiences in an automobile. Have you ever observed the behavior of coffee in a coffee cup filled to the rim while starting a car from rest or while bringing a car to rest from a state of motion? Coffee tends to "keep on doing what it is doing." When you accelerate a car from rest, the road provides an unbalanced force on the spinning wheels to push the car forward; yet the coffee (which was at rest) wants to stay at rest. While the car accelerates forward, the coffee remains in the same position; subsequently, the car accelerates out from under the coffee and the coffee spills in your lap. On the other hand, when braking from a state of motion the coffee continues forward with the same speed and in the same direction, ultimately hitting the windshield or the dash. Coffee in motion tends to stay in motion.

Answer 2

An everyday example of Newton's second law is when you push a shopping cart with different forces, and you notice that the heavier the cart is or the harder you push it, the faster it accelerates. This is because the acceleration of the cart is directly proportional to the net force applied and inversely proportional to its mass, as described by the equation F=ma.

Answer 3

the force of an object is Equal to its mass X (times) its Acceleration. So if a ping pong ball and a soccer ball were dropped from the top of a roof the one that hits the ground with a greater force is of course the one with more mass.