Free Body Diagram: True or False?

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Homework Statement



A free-body diagram is:
A picture of the object. (True/False)
A diagram that contains all the forces that the object exerts on other objects. (True/False)
A diagram that contains all the forces acting on the object. (True/False)

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The Attempt at a Solution



Pretty sure it's

1.Can't decide, kinda ambiguous. It's more of a simple drawing, not a picture. I'll go with False.
2. False (not sure)
3. True (not sure)
 
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Start with (3) and convince yourself whether this statement is true or false. The answers to (1) and (2) should then readily follow. You might also want to click on free-body diagram
 
I got it already,

answer was

False
False
True

but yeah ur right, picture vs diagram haha