Free-Body
Diagrams
Part I, Preparation
• You should
answer Questions 1 and 2 on the worksheet before you go to lab.
For Question 1 you are to sketch free-body diagrams of you, a table,
and a force plate while you are in equilibrium standing on the force
plate (which is on the floor), pushing down on a table. For
Question 2 you are to sketch
free-body diagrams for you and a force plate while you are jumping
(accelerating) up and off a
force
plate.
• On the
worksheet, vertically
enlarging the drawing
canvas will make it easier to insert arrows and text boxes; you may
copy, paste, and modify the given examples in Question 1. You
might need to go to Drawing Tools → Align → Grid Settings to undo
object snapping. Change the colors of the vectors from black to
gray for any action-reaction pairs within each of the three sets of
sketches. Use the defined abbreviations in the questions in order
to be kind to the graders.
Start Part
II as soon as you arrive in lab.
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