Question

Imaging hanging an object (at rest) from the spring scale. Draw free body diagram that shows all of the forces that act on the object. (The object is a spring that you can attach weights to) as seen in the picture

Answer 1

We will have that the diagram that represents the forces that would act in the object is:

Here "T" is the tension experienced by the spring and "mg" the force that the mass of the object would have.