Question

Which arrow best represents the direction in which friction acts on the ball at point P?

Answer 1

Friction acts in opposite direction to applied force, as arrow is going upward right, friction will act in downward left..

In short, Your Answer would be Option B

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Answer 2

Arrow (2)

Step-by-step explanation:

Friction is a force due to the contact between the external surfaces of an object and the molecules of the medium in which the object is travelling through. In this particular case, friction is due to the molecules of air, which hit the arrow and slow it down. For this reason, friction is always directed in the opposite direction to the motion of the object: in this case, we see that the ball at point P is travelling in the right-upward direction, so friction acts in the left-downward direction, so it must be option (2).