Free-body diagrams, Newton's three laws, resolving forces, equilibrium and moments.
Newton's laws
- First law: an object stays at rest or moves at constant velocity unless acted on by a resultant force.
- Second law: (resultant force = mass × acceleration), in the direction of the force.
- Third law: every action has an equal and opposite reaction (on a different body).
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