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Why is there no such thing as a body in a state of acceleration?

It appears that velocity is a quantity of motion meaning that all objects can have assigned to them a particular velocity. Through the application of forces (ex: gravity, E&m) we measure changes ...
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Is this a correct interpretation of pressure?

So I am told that pressure = Force per Area --> F/A.. When considering the units of Force I find that force = kg * m/s^2 When considering the units of Area I find that area = m^2 Thus the units of ...
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effect of vertical collision on kinetic friction and subsequent change in horizontal velocity

Suppose somehow a block of mass $m$ is moving on ground, and the coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the block is $\mu_k$. If I drop a tennis ball(of same mass) on it from a ...
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One dimensional motion with changing acceleration. Falling to a large body from a great distance [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Radial fall in a Newtonian gravitational field My math and physics are rusty. I am trying to calculate the time an object takes to fall to a large body. Before you ...
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Mathematical Formulation of the laws of classical physics

By classical here I mean non-quantum mechanical, and everything that is developed afterwards such as color, etc. I am wondering if we can look at our Universe mathematically like this: Let ...