What is d'Alembert's principle related to in physics?
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d'Alembert's principle is a general statement of Newton's second law of motion, applied to systems subject to constraints. It states that the sum of the forces acting on a system is equal to the mass of the system times its acceleration, plus the sum of the forces due to the constraints.
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