DiagramModerate2 marks
A brass ball is hanging from a stiff cotton thread. Draw a neat labelled diagram showing the forces acting on the brass ball and the cotton thread.
Topic: Force, moments and circular motion
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Draw the ball with weight W vertically downward and tension T vertically upward along the thread.
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