If a metal ball suspended by a rod is at rest, which force is responsible for balancing the force due to gravity?

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There are different kinds of forces; applied force, force of gravity, friction force, normal force, tension force. We will focus on the common forces, applied force and force of gravity. An applied force is a force that is applied to an object by another object. The force of gravity is the force with which massively large objects such as the earth attracts another object towards itself. All objects of the earth exert a gravity that is directed towards the center of the earth. Therefore, the force of gravity of the earth is equal to the weight of the object.

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The box stops in 0.139 seconds, after moving 7.29cm (0.0729m) backwards relative to the belt.

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As the box is initially at rest relative to the earth, it is moving backwards with a speed of 1.05m/s relative to the belt. Then, the frictional force acts on the box to make it stop relative to the belt. So, we first have to write the equations of motion of the box in each axis:

$x: f_k=ma\implies a=\frac{f_k}{m} \\\\y: N-mg=0\implies N=mg$

Since the frictional force $f_k$ is equal to $f_k=\mu_k N=\mu_k mg$ , then we have that the acceleration is:

$a=\frac{\mu_k mg}{m}=\mu_k g$

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$a=\frac{v-v_0}{t}\implies t=\frac{v-v_0}{a}$

And, as the final velocity is zero because the box gets to a stop, we have:

$t=-\frac{v_0}{a}=-\frac{v_0}{\mu_k g}$

(Don't worry about the negative sign. It will disappear because the initial velocity is also negative, since we take the box initially moving backwards)

Then, plugging in the given values, we calculate the time:

$t=-\frac{(-1.05m/s)}{0.770(9.81m/s^{2})}=0.139s$