Chapter 4.2, Problem 2aT

Predict:

• which spool will reach the floor first. Explain how your answer is consistent with your extended free-body diagrams.
• whether spool A will strike the floor to the left of the “×,” strike the floor to the right of the “×,” or fall straight down. Explain how your answer is consistent with your free-body diagrams.

Describe how the net force is related to the individual forces on a free-body diagram when the forces are exerted at different points on the object.