Talk:Free body

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A free body possesses two fundamental properties that make the concept useful in analyzing static and dynamic equilibrium:

The internal forces of the free body are, by definition, assumed to completely off-set one another so that the body as a whole is in static equilibrium.

As a consequence, the body can be treated as a single entity with its total mass located entirely at the center of mass and subject to Newton's second law

I have removed these sentences because

1) A free body need not be in equilibrium 2) Forces need not act through the centre of mass - torques are quite okay

139.80.48.19 22:28, 9 September 2007 (UTC)