A Student Pulls a Box of Books on a Smooth

question 48

Essay

A student pulls a box of books on a smooth horizontal floor with a force of 100 N in a direction of 37.0° above the horizontal. The mass of the box and the books is 40.0 kg.
(a) Draw the free-body diagram for the box.
(b) Calculate the acceleration of the box.
(c) Calculate the normal force acting on the box.

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