Question
A woman at an airport is pulling her 19.0 kg by a strap at an angle of 32 ° above the horizontal as shown in figure Fig. P5.44. She pulls on the strap with a 40.0 N force, and friction is negligible.
(a) What is the acceleration of the suitcase?
(b) What normal force does the ground exert on the suitcase?
(a) What is the acceleration of the suitcase?
(b) What normal force does the ground exert on the suitcase?
Answers
bobpursley
figure the vertical and horizontal components of the pulling force.
a=horizonalcomponentpulling force/mass
normal force=mg-verticalcomponentforce
a=horizonalcomponentpulling force/mass
normal force=mg-verticalcomponentforce