But the acceleration it produces on the elephant and on the mass, are in an inverse ratio of their masses.

但这个力使大象和物体产生的加速度,与它们的质量成反比

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Therefore, when you divide by the mass to get the acceleration, the response of different bodies is inverse to the mass.

因此,当你拿力除以质量得到加速度时,不同物体的加速度与质量成反比

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That's how by either balancing the unknown force with a known force or by simply measuring the acceleration as I fall towards this podium and multiplying by mass, you can find the force that exerts on me.

我们既可以让未知力与已知力平衡,也可以只测量我冲向讲台时加速度的大小,再与我的质量相乘,都能求出作用在我身上的力的大小

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