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Dato 2 2 0725

Fosces
basics

Scalar
magnitude (size) only
L e a: temperature, ,
mass, distance speed
vector -
magnitode and associateddirechon
5 eg: force, velocity acceleation,momentum
,



Force calcula
t'ons resultantforce

2N 2 fovces in Same direction
are added qiviog resultant
3N force 2N3N SN


2N 2 forces in opposite directionsqet subtracted Easierto
subtract Smaller fom largerforee SN -2N 3N
resultant
force
Contact force forces behween 2 objects physically
tovching
Ly tension, fiction resis
tance air
non- contact force forces that act between 2 objects that aren't
physicaly touching
L> magnetic, tatic,
electros qravitatonal

Free
body diagram
models the forces acting On an obj ect
each force is represented by an arrowU

arow
lengthsShow felatvemaanitudes
- forces
arrow dicections shows force'sdirection

Completefee body diag.am skydvee

NOTE
aic
cesistance thefovcc4tavity must be s
9<eatel than stydiver
air tancc resis

lwdsaht




AlL forces in free body diagrams
are vectors they have magaitude rdirecthön


KOKUYO LOOSE4EAF 8168 6mn ruledx41
lines

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Date 24 .0. 25




Resultantforces
> is the overall On n object
foce achng
when vesultantfore 0, this means that object is in equilibrium
This happens wheni
-Sum hovizorntal
force3
- SUm vevhcoal forces

Scale
Drawings

com N
A man is
pedalling north with a force 4N
A wind Jorce 3N blouinghim east
stong is
Scim
Calculate resultant
force
direcho

Draw loe from end to end and measure length to
place arrows tip-to tail get t force,then conyet to Neuwtons
vesultan
= 5N
Measure angle for directon => 37° prom north

Forces
balancin out
arrows focm a closed triangle
tip-to -tail
•force 5N
directon focms tiangle 9reater
the Sum o Hhe 2smallerforcesisoeter than ON
the Hhird force -thiscloses the tiangle


Numbers |0,15,
?.5 w ovk i 1ON

1.5N

15 > |5

Resolsing vectors basicallyNtverse ProceSs scale draauings

10N lcm
F:A t car isbeing pushed
Resoke the force
up a ramp with 50N force



A dd horizontaland verti'cal
lines with arrows to fornriqht
angle
measure these linesdrawn and convert to Newtons
4c basedon
SLale
L 4ON riant 30N up

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