Free-body diagram: A diagram showing all external forces acting on a single object, represented as arrows from the object's center of mass.
How to apply it: Draw a free-body diagram to identify and organize all forces before applying Newton's second law.
Course: AP Physics 1 · Unit: Dynamics
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