Rearranging formulae
What Rearranging formulae means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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The relationship can be rearranged to find mass as force ÷ acceleration, or acceleration as force ÷ mass.
Gives m = W/g and g = W/m, so a measured weight and mass let you find g.
Topics that use Rearranging formulae
- Forces in action (OCR GCSE)
- Newton's laws (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Gravitational potential energy
- Mass
- Area under a force–extension graph
- balanced forces
- changing direction
- Circular motion
- Clockwise and anticlockwise rotation
- constant velocity
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