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Physics · Oct / Nov 2025 · Paper 12 · Question 10

5054Balanced and unbalanced forces

An object is at rest on a table. The length of the arrows in the free-body diagrams represent the magnitude and the direction of the forces acting on the object. Which diagram shows the free-body diagram for the object?

  1. Aweight (up arrow), contact force (down arrow)
  2. Bcontact force (up arrow), weight (down arrow)
  3. Cweight (up arrow), contact force (down arrow)
  4. Dcontact force (up arrow), weight (down arrow)

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Correct answer: D. contact force (up arrow), weight (down arrow)

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