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Huge trees get uprooted during cyclones. Which law of Newton is shown here?

(a)1st law (b)2nd law (c)3rd law (d) law of gravitation

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In cyclone trees get uprooted by the force of air. Newton's Second Law holds, since, the force of air uproots the trees.

Force = mass X acceleration

The force of air drags the mass of a tree and gives it an acceleration with which the tree moves after being uprooted.


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