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Old 28th Jun 2010, 08:22
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Wizofoz
 
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Capt Pit Bull has already pointed out that the appropriate way to think of things is as forces causing accelerations, and not motions causing (or, as you say, imparting) forces.
And I think he's wrong.

An EQUATION means the two sides are EQUAL, meaning they are the same thing. One side doesn't CAUSE the other, both sides ARE each other.

If it is correct to say F=M*A it is equally correct to say A=F/M.
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