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Free Body Diagram Practice Exercises

This document provides 12 examples of objects in motion and prompts the reader to identify the net force in the x and y directions for each case. The examples include objects moving at constant speeds like a crate being pushed across the floor, as well as objects experiencing acceleration or deceleration like a dresser being pushed to accelerate it or a skydiver opening a parachute and slowing down. For each example the reader is asked to identify the net force or forces acting on the object and in which direction(s).

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Free Body Diagram Practice Exercises

This document provides 12 examples of objects in motion and prompts the reader to identify the net force in the x and y directions for each case. The examples include objects moving at constant speeds like a crate being pushed across the floor, as well as objects experiencing acceleration or deceleration like a dresser being pushed to accelerate it or a skydiver opening a parachute and slowing down. For each example the reader is asked to identify the net force or forces acting on the object and in which direction(s).

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FBD Practice

1. A rightward force is applied to a crate to push it


across the floor at a constant speed. Ignore air
resistance.
Fx =

Fy =

2. A rightward force is applied to a dresser to


accelerate it to the right across the bedroom floor.
Ignore air resistance.
Fx =

Fy =

3. A rightward-moving car is skidding to a stop across


a level roadway with locked wheels. Ignore air
resistance.
Fx =

Fy =

4. A football is moving upward and rightward towards


the peak of its trajectory. Ignore air resistance.
Fx =

Fy =

5. The cabin of a small freight elevator is secured to


a motor by a cable and is moving upward with a
constant speed. There is no contact between the
cabin and the elevator shaft. Ignore air resistance.
Fx =

Fy =

6. A downward-moving skydiver is falling with a


constant speed.
Fx =

Fy =

7. A hockey puck glides to the right across the ice at


a constant speed. Ignore air resistance.
Fx =

Fy =

8. A sledder has reached the bottom of a hill and is


coasting to the right while slowing down along the
loosely-packed snow. Ignore air resistance.
Fx =

Fy =

9. A football, originally kicked at an 40-degree angle


to the horizontal, is at the peak of its trajectory.
Ignore air resistance.
Fx =

Fy =

10. A downward-moving skydiver who has just


opened the parachute is slowing down. (Diagram the
forces on the skydiver/parachute combination.)
Fx =

Fy =

11. The cabin of a small freight elevator is secured to


a motor by a cable and is moving upward while
slowing down. There is no contact between the cabin
and the elevator shaft. Ignore air resistance.
Fx =

Fy =

12. A softball player does a head-first dive and is


sliding to the right across the infield dirt. Ignore air
resistance.
Fx =

Fy =

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