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Which of Newton’s laws of accounts for the following statement?

“Negative acceleration is proportional to applied braking force.”

A. First Law
B. Second Law
C. Third Law

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newtons 2nd law is the answer
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If you're careful with how you define the directions of all the vectors involved, then Newton's 2nd law of motion accounts for it perfectly.
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