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GCSE Physics - Resultant Forces & Free Body Diagrams #42

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5 Steps to Help Solve any Free Body Diagram Problem

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Free Body Diagram

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Forces & Free Body Diagrams - IB Physics

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How to Draw a Free Body Diagram - PART 1

In physics and engineering, a free body diagram is a graphical illustration used to visualize the applied forces, movements, and resulting reactions on a body in a given condition. They depict a body or connected bodies with all of the applied forces and moments, as well as reactions, that act on that/those body(ies). The body may consist of multiple internal members, for example, a truss, or be a compact body such as a beam. A series of free bodies and other diagrams may be necessary to solve complex problems.