h3. Part BImage Added A person pulls a box of mass 15 kg along a smooth floor by applying a force F at an angle of 30° above the horizontal.. The box accelerates horizontally at a rate of 2.0 m/s2. What is the magnitude of F? Solution System: Interactions: Cloak |
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| External influences from the person (applied force) the earth (gravity) and the floor (normal force). | Model: Approach: Diagrammatic Representation Before writing Newton's 2nd Law for the x direction, we choose coordinates and break the applied force F into x- and y-components: Image Added Mathematical Representation The free body diagram implies: Latex |
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A person pulls a box of mass 15 kg along a smooth floor by applying a force _F_ at an angle of 30° above the horizontal.. The box accelerates horizontally at a rate of 2.0 m/s{color:black}^2^{color}. What is the magnitude of _F_?
h4. Solution
{toggle-cloak:id=sysb} *System:* {cloak:id=sysb} Box as [point particle].{cloak}
{toggle-cloak:id=intb} *Interactions:* {cloak:id=intb} External influences from the person (applied force) the earth (gravity) and the floor (normal force).{cloak}
{toggle-cloak:id=modb} *Model:* {cloak:id=modb}[Point Particle Dynamics].{cloak}
{toggle-cloak:id=appb} *Approach:*
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{toggle-cloak:id=diagb} {color:red} *Diagrammatic Representation* {color}
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Before writing [Newton's 2nd Law|Newton's Second Law] for the _x_ direction, we choose coordinates and break the applied force _F_ into x- and y-components:
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{toggle-cloak:id=mathb} {color:red} *Mathematical Representation* {color}
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The free body diagram implies:
{latex}\begin{large}\[ \sum F_{x} = F\cos\theta = ma_{x}\] \end{large}{latex}
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Solving for _F _:
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}\begin{large}\[ F = \frac{ma_{x}}{\cos\theta} = \mbox{34.6 N}\]\end{large}{latex}
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