Something to ponder during recovery....
First law: When viewed in an inertial reference frame, an object either is at rest or moves at a constant velocity, unless acted upon by an external force.
(think of it as the time you were charging down the steepest track incline, then your carby stuck on wide open, and you remembered the TM's brakes aren't that flash....)
Second law: The vector sum of the forces on an object is equal to the total mass of that object multiplied by the acceleration of the object. In more technical terms, the acceleration of a body is directly proportional to, and in the same direction as, the net force acting on the body, and inversely proportional to its mass. Thus, F = ma, where F is the net force acting on the object, m is the mass of the object and a is the acceleration of the object. Force and acceleration are both vectors (as denoted by the bold type). This means that they have both a magnitude (size) and a direction relative to some reference frame.
(sort of getting run over by a Hodaka Super Rat 100 doing 20kph is far better than being run over by a bus at 100kph...
Third law: When one body exerts a force on a second body, the second body simultaneously exerts a force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to that of the first body.
(Ever seen a "Melee" at a mens basketball match? lots of pushing and shoving but no one ever falls down! *
* May not apply to professional Soccer.... one finger touch and the opponent needs an stretcher/ambulance/ hearse at least till he gets a penalty kick..
