In a free-body diagram, a potentially very complicated object is replaced symbolically by a dot or a small circle, and all the forces acting on the object are drawn (approximately to scale and properl...In a free-body diagram, a potentially very complicated object is replaced symbolically by a dot or a small circle, and all the forces acting on the object are drawn (approximately to scale and properly labeled) as acting on the dot. Then, since I know that there is an acceleration to the right, I need to draw Ft greater than Fk, since the net force on the block must be to the right as well.
In a free-body diagram, a potentially very complicated object is replaced symbolically by a dot or a small circle, and all the forces acting on the object are drawn (approximately to scale and properl...In a free-body diagram, a potentially very complicated object is replaced symbolically by a dot or a small circle, and all the forces acting on the object are drawn (approximately to scale and properly labeled) as acting on the dot. Then, since I know that there is an acceleration to the right, I need to draw Ft greater than Fk, since the net force on the block must be to the right as well.
