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Unit 2: Force and Translational Dynamics

  1. Systems and Center of Mass: Why the Answer Is Never Just the Midpoint
  2. Center of Mass on a Plane: Same Formula, Twice
  3. Topic 2.2: Free-Body Diagrams: One Dot, Every Force, Your Choice of Axis
  4. Topic 2.2 Supplement: Why We Rotate the Axis
  5. Topic 2.3: Newton's Third Law: Always Two Objects, Always Equal
  6. Topic 2.4: Newton's First Law: Equilibrium Means Balanced, Not Absent
  7. Topic 2.5: Newton's Second Law: Same Setup as Equilibrium, One New Term
  8. Topic 2.5: Connected Systems: Whole-System vs. Isolate-One-Object
  9. Topic 2.6: Gravitational Force: Why a Scale Doesn't Always Tell the Truth
  10. Topic 2.7: Friction: Why the Couch Is Hardest to Start Moving
  11. Topic 2.8: Spring Forces: The Anagram That Locked In a Discovery
  12. Topic 2.8: Multi-Spring Systems: Load-Sharing, Buoyancy, and the Direction of Acceleration
  13. Topic 2.9: Circular Motion: The Scientist Who Beat Newton to It
  14. Topic 2.9 Supplement: Vertical Circular Motion — The Water Bucket Problem

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