Multiple forces act on an object at the same time. The size and direction of these forces determines the movement of the object. Show the forces acting on an object in a free body diagram. The arrows ...

Tugging a small toy with your dog can be a lot of fun—but it’s also a great way to experiment with forces acting on an object. Forces are what scientists call the pushing and pulling on objects. In ...

So far we have only considered the influence of one unbalanced force on an object and we found that the effect was to accelerate it. If the same force is applied to the same mass we always measure the ...