I understand that F=ma, mass is in kilograms and acceleration is metres per second squared so Newtons are just kilograms metres per second squared, but what does that mean? I can’t seem to comprehend it/really understand it intuitively. Why are we adding kilograms, metres per second squared times (or vice-versa)? I understand stuff with division, like density, because it makes sense, like with density, you’re dividing the mass over the volume occupied to see how many kilograms you have per cubic metre of the substance in question, so kg/m^3 , but I seem to have trouble understanding the multiplied quantities, like Newtons.
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If I threw a brick at you, that shit would hurt. If I threw a bigger brick at you chucking it just as hard, it would hurt more. If I shot a bigger brick out a freaking potato cannon. I reckon that would knock you back a few meters more.
Mass is the size of the brick. Meters per second squares is how hard I throw it at you. How bad it hurts is force.
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