If a book is located on a table, how many forces should be shown in a free-body diagram of the book? Describe them.

Draw a free-body diagram to represent the forces acting on a kite on a string that is floating stationary in the air. Label the forces in your diagram.

completing the solution for a problem involving forces, what do we do after constructing the free-body diagram? That is, what do we apply?

A ball is hanging straight down on a string. Draw a free body diagram of the ball.

When you stand on Earth, your feet push against it with a force equal to your weight. Why doesn’t Earth accelerate away from you?

Draw the free-body diagram of a baseball after it has left the bat and is flying toward the outfield. Ignore air resistance.

A particle is moving to the right. (a) Can the force on it be acting to the left? If yes, what would happen? (b) Can that force be acting downward? If yes, why?

Draw the free-body diagrams of the two members of the friction tong used to lift the 100-kg block.

Which of the free-body diagrams in Figure 4-34 represents a block sliding down a frictionless inclined surface?

Draw free-body diagrams showing the weight and normal forces on a laundry basket in each of the following situations: at rest on a horizontal surface

Draw a free-body diagram for the gear and shaft assembly shown in figure. Also sketch free-body diagrams for gear 1, gear 2, and the shaft.

What is the vertical acceleration of the projectile that moves through the air? Ignore air resistance.

The centrifugal force is not included in the free-body diagrams of Figs. Explain why not.

Sketch free-body diagrams for the members shown.