All Textbook Topics - Forces introduction - Force Diagrams - The direction of a force arrow shows the direction the force is acting
The direction of a force arrow shows the direction the force is acting
An arrow which is representing a force must point in the direction that the force is meant to be acting.
Above are some examples of this:
- the force acting to the left is represented by an arrow pointing to the left
- the force acting to the right is represented by an arrow pointing to the right
- the force acting up is represented by an arrow pointing up
- the force acting down is represented by an arrow pointing down
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