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What is the purpose of a free body diagram?

to show the velocity of an object
to show the acceleration of an object
to show the forces acting on an object
to show the direction of motion vectors of an object

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To show the forces acting on an object.

A free-body diagram isolates the object and represents all external forces (as vectors) acting on it so you can apply Newton's laws to find net force, acceleration, etc. It does not directly show velocity or motion direction.