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Statics Draw and interpret free-body diagrams to represent forces on an extended rigid body.

Resolve forces into components and understand that in any direction the forces balance out.

Understand that if a body is in equilibrium then all forces must act through a single point.

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Statics...

...deals specifically with objects at rest and where there is no resultant force.

....deals with objects at EQUILBRIUM.

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Trig revision...

adjacent hypotenuse

opposite

q X

Xsinq

qXcosq

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Resolving vectors...

10

10sinq

q10cosq

q10 N

10sinq N

10co

sq N

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Equilibrium

Resolving

Key words you should now recognise...