State Newton's second law of motion.

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(N/A) Newton's second law of motion states that the rate of change of momentum of an object is directly proportional to the applied unbalanced force in the direction of the force.
Mathematically,$F = ma$,where $F$ is the force,$m$ is the mass,and $a$ is the acceleration.

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