Model And Diagram Reasoning

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name: model-and-diagram-reasoning
description: Build and interpret free-body diagrams, field diagrams, energy representations, graphs, and simplified physical models.
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# Model And Diagram Reasoning

Choose the representation that exposes the important relationships. Name the system boundary, forces or interactions, directions, reference points, and omitted effects.

Use the diagram or graph to predict qualitative behavior before calculating whenever possible.