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2 years ago

Do frictional forces act in the same direction or in the opposite direction to the applied force?

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Frictional forces act in the direction opposite to the MOTION. That direction could be the same OR opposite to applied force.

-- If you push a loaded heavy wagon from behind, trying to get it going faster, friction is acting against you, opposite to your force.

-- If you push a loaded rolling heavy wagon from in front, trying to make it slow down, friction is acting with you, in the same direction as your force.

-- Opposite to the motion both times.

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Formula to calculate electric field because of the plate is as follows.

E = $\frac{\sigma}{2 \times \epsilon_{o}}$

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ma = qE

a = $\frac{1.6 \times 10^{-19} \times 1.18 \times 10^{5}}{1.67 \times 10^{-27}}$

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2 years ago

Eric has a mass of 70 . He is standing on a scale in an elevator that is accelerating downward at 1.7 . What is the approximate

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Answer:

Explanation:

The value the scale shows is the reaction force to the normal force (they are equal by Newton's 3rd Law) that the scale exerts on Eric.

The forces on Eric are his weight (downward) and this normal force (upward), so we can write the net force over him as (also using Newton's 2nd Law):

$F=W-N=ma$

which means

$N=W-ma=mg-ma=m(g-a)$

and for our values this is:

$N=mg-ma=(70kg)(9.8m/s^2-1.7m/s^2)=567N$

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The magnitude of the angular velocity of the tire is calculated as follows;

ω = 2πN

where;

N is the number of revolutions per second

ω = 2π x (5.25 / 3)

ω = 11 rad/s

<h3>Tangential velocity of the tire</h3>

The tangential velocity of the car's tire is the product of the angular velocity and radius of the car's tire.

The magnitude of the tangential velocity is caculated as follows;

v = ωr

where;

r is the radius of the car's tire

v = 11r m/s

Learn more about tangential velocity here: brainly.com/question/25780931

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where

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