Demo: Drawing of FBD and obtaining reactions (with force pair)

Draw the corresponding free body diagram.

Use paired arrows of the same color to show forces that are equal and opposite due to Newton's 3rd Law. When using paired vectors, try to draw two-force members in tension.

Grading info: paired vectors are graded in the pairs that they were formed. All combinations are checked, but the pair is graded all-or-nothing. The colors cycle, but that's just a visual aid (delete any vector to also remove its paired vector, and get a fresh color).

(The expected tolerance is 1/2 square grid for position and 10 degrees for angle.)



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Demo: Drawing of FBD and obtaining reactions (with force pair)

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