Combined Science GCSE
Inverse proportionality at constant resultant force
What Inverse proportionality at constant resultant force means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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For a fixed resultant force, doubling the mass halves the acceleration, so acceleration is inversely proportional to mass.
Topics that use Inverse proportionality at constant resultant force
- Newton's Second Law (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- a = F ÷ m
- Acceleration
- Acceleration and deceleration
- Approximation
- Direct and inverse proportionality
- Direct proportionality at constant mass
- Equals sign
- Force
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