Michigan State Applet Collection: Net Force

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This website contains a java applet which allows users to change the individual forces acting on an object by dragging the tips of the three force vector arrows. The user can observe the effect of this change on the net force, which is simply the vector sum of the three forces.

Please note that this resource requires Java.

http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp/kap4/cd082.htm

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - General - Newton's Second Law = Force, Acceleration = Interacting Objects	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Interactive Simulation

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Intended User:: Learner
Format:: application/java
Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 1999 MultiMedia Physics
Keywords:: force, forces, motion, simulation, vector, vector sum
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created May 15, 2008 by Alea Smith
Record Updated:: January 21, 2011 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: May 15, 2008

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<a href="http://www.thephysicsfront.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=7127">MultiMedia Physics. Michigan State Applet Collection: Net Force. MultiMedia Physics, May 15, 2008.</a>

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Michigan State Applet Collection: Net Force (MultiMedia Physics, 1999), WWW Document, (http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp/kap4/cd082.htm).

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