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a schematic drawing showing the object under consideration (often represented as a point mass) and the forces acting upon it. the forces are represented as vectors and are labeled.

Such a drawing helps to clarify the situation and help the solver to isolate and enumerate the different forces contributing to the case under study. See free body diagram.