Free body diagrams Definition and 71 Threads

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    Free body diagrams and adding forces

    Homework Statement In each of the two free-body diagrams, the forces are acting on a 2.6 kg object. For each diagram, find the values of ax and ay, the x- and y-components of the acceleration, with F1 = 5 N and F2 = 3 N. Picture is attached. (a) Diagram A ax =____ m/s2 ay =____ m/s2 (b)...
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    Free Body Diagrams for hockey puck

    Homework Statement A hockey puck slides along a horizontal, smooth icy surface at a constant velocity as shown. (Part A figure) Which of the following forces act on the puck? Okay, for this the choices are (list check all that apply) force of velocity x air drag...
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    Mastering Free Body Diagrams: Tips and Tricks for Difficult Homework Problems

    Homework Statement Here is pictures of some of the mechanisms I draw the free body diagrams for Homework Equations EF= 0 EM= 0 The Attempt at a Solution I am not sure how to even begin on the first problem other than drawing the force from the hand of 400 N.
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    Newton's third law and free body diagrams

    Homework Statement "Three blocks (m1, m2 and m3) are in contact with each other on a frictionless, horizontal surface. A horizontal force is applied to m1. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/kathy_felldown/sb-pic0556.png What is the net force on block 1? " When drawing free body...
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    How Do You Effectively Apply Free Body Diagrams in AP Physics Problems?

    Hey everyone hows it going? I am not sure if this is the right place to be posting this question, but hopefully it is. My names Shawn and I am a senior in high school. I currently have AP calculus and gen physics, and I plan on taking the AP calculus test (ab) and hopefully the physics AP test...
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    Drawing Free Body Diagrams for rope tension

    Homework Statement A man of mass 64.2 kg stands on a scaffold supported by a vertical rope at each end. The scaffold has a mass of 23.2 kg and is 3.2 m long. Suppose the man stands to the right from the middle of the scaffold that is a distance one sixth of the length of the scaffold. What is...
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    Free Body Diagrams & 3rd law pair forces.

    Homework Statement I have 2 questions from a practice test paper that I can't do (I missed the lessons) - I've attached them, the other questions I did fine. They should be quite basic but I'm not sure if what I'm doing is right (only done physics for 2 weeks). If anyone could correct my...
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    Free Body Diagrams - Finding Acceleration, and tension

    Homework Statement Three blocks, of masses m1 =26 kg, m2 = 38 kg, and m3 = 41 kg, are connected by two strings over two pulleys, as in the given attachment. Friction is negligible. Determine (a) the magnitude of the acceleration of the blocks and (b) the magnitude of the tension in each of the...
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    Two blocks and a spring and Free Body Diagrams

    Homework Statement 20: Two boxes are sitting on top of one another. The top box has a mass of 5kg and is connected to the wall by an unstretched spring, k=2000N/m. The bottom box is 10kg. the static friction coefficient between the 2 boxes is 0.5, the kinetic friction coefficient between the...
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    Visualizing Free body diagrams?

    Visualizing Free body diagrams? solved, thanks tiny-tim and doc Al! I ran into a problem in my HW, I found the answer but I just have a hard time seeing as to WHY my answer is correct. http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t288/Kyin1/1-6.jpg Thats the problem and my FBD is for block B. My...
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    Roller coaster free body diagrams

    Homework Statement so I am a 8th grader and i got a homework asignment to draw free body diagrams of a roller coaster on inclines, straight aways and bottom of the hill. we didnt learn about physics yet so here's the question - draw and label free body diagrams for the coaster car on...
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    Free body diagrams with tension

    My question is for free body diagrams with tension on top and mass hanging from the bottom. Why is it "T-mg" sometimes and "mg-t" other times. How do I know which one to use? I was doing gravitation questions where "T-mg=Fc" sometimes and "mg-t=Fc" other times.
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    Drawing free body diagrams for pendulum

    Homework Statement I have to do this for a lab. Draw and label the free body diaggram of a pendulum when it is at its maximum amplitude of 30 degrees. The magnitudes of the vectors must be correctly scaled and the directions correct. Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution...
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    Moments and free body diagrams help

    Hello all, Since I have run into the problem of regularly leaving moments out of my free body diagrams (and vice versa), I thought I'd pose a question on the topic. In trying to wrap my head around the concept, I've gone back to the beginning of the semester's notes and that didn't really...
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    Free Body Diagrams: All Forces Acting on Cart & Mass

    would this be all the forces acting on this cart and on the mass (minus friction of course)
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    Rigid Bodies and Free Body Diagrams (w pulley)

    Question: "A block of mass m1 = 1.87 kg and a block of mass m2 = 5.84 kg are connected by a massless string over a pulley in the shape of a solid disk having radius R = 0.180m and mass M = 12.7 kg. These blocks are allowed to move on a fixed block-wedge of angle 31.4 degrees as in the figure...
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    Draw free body diagrams for each sphere

    https://www.physicsforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4225&stc=1 Determine the reaction forces at the four contact points A,B,C,D. The hollow balls which are homogenous and made of the same material have masses of 1.02kg and 2.04kg and the chamber they sit in is 55.98cm wide. Everything...
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    Why don't I get these free body diagrams?

    A man sits in a bosun's chair that dangles from a massless rope, which runs over a massless, frictionless pulley attached to the ceiling and back down to the man's hand. The combined mass of the man and chair is 90.0 kg. Ok, I found a solution that had T=Mchair*a + Fnormal + Mchair*g. How did...
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    Master Free Body Diagrams: How to Draw Them for Different Scenarios

    Free Body Diagrams...help please! hello hello, i'm just having a bit of difficulty concerning free body diagrams: how would i draw an FBD for the following... a) an object has reached terminal velocity. would this mean that the object has reached a constant velocity, therefore force...
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    Free body diagrams for forces on a block

    Hi all, For an online physics assignment I have a question about a block resting on a slope. The question asks what forces are acting on the block.. and I was thinking normal and weight force? But it turned out to be incorrect... list of possibilities to choose from weight kinetic...
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    Solve Free Body Diagrams: What to Do?

    im having trouble solving this? what do i do with mew? thanks :cry:
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