I was sitting in a train by the seaside quite recently. We had come to a halt and a steam engine went by pushing a line of...

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Onions don't come from the market with arrows attached labelled:

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The world seen through forces spectacles can be very complex. There are many more forces acting in the situation than those...

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You saw a situation where the hand was pulled down by a single force, the tension in the shopping bag. It is quite possible...

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Two forces act on the teapot resting on the tabletop. These two forces add to zero. They appear to be equal and opposite...

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The cup is acted on by two forces. Gravity pulls it downwards and the upward contact force from the table pushes upwards...

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The Tombolas are a circus act. The bottom row support the rest. They are supporting the three extra bodies. They must push...

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Civil engineers, dressmakers, dentists and fishermen are just some of the people for whom a knowledge of the strength and...

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Why do some objects float and others sink? We've just noticed that the buoyancy force exerted is equal to the gravity force...

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Back to boat: the larger the hole it made in the water, the greater the support force–the buoyancy force.

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When two surfaces are in contact there is a force acting on each surface that acts in a direction to stop them moving past one...

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When objects move through a fluid (a liquid or a gas) their progress is opposed by a force which acts on the object and in the...

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