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Direction of Frictional Force on Tyre or Wheel

  • Writer: Evan Toh
    Evan Toh
  • Oct 16, 2024
  • 1 min read

Updated: Oct 23, 2024

For these type of questions, it is important to identify which tyre/wheel is connected/powered by the engine or the person.


On each tyre or wheel, there are actually two types of frictional force.

  1. Frictional force on wheel

  2. Frictional force on road/ground


You can view the explanation plus the 4 examples from Olevel p1 in the video below.



Examples used in the video.

2007PP P1Q5 Answer: Option D

2004PP P1Q5Answer: Option D


2020PPp1q6 Answer: Option B

2021PP P1Q7 Answer: Option C

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