This unit lays the foundations of the subject of mechanics. Mechanics is concerned with how and why objects stay put, and how and why they move. In particular, this unit ? Modelling static problems ? considers why objects stay put.
Please note that this unit assumes you have a good working knowledge of vectors.
This is an adapted extract from the Open University course Mathematical methods and models (MST209)
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