Multiple forces act on an object at the same time. The size and direction of these forces determines the movement of the object. Show the forces acting on an object in a free body diagram. The arrows ...

In your study of statics, you have learned that if forces act at only points points on a rigid body, then the resultant forces acting at these two points must be collinear in order for the body to be ...

So far we have only considered the influence of one unbalanced force on an object and we found that the effect was to accelerate it. If the same force is applied to the same mass we always measure the ...