From first law of motion, law of inertia, we know that an object remains in the state of rest or motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced external force. The skateboard riding down a hill when reaches the bottom slows down due to <u>frictional force </u>acting in the opposite direction. Frictional force is a contact force which acts between two surfaces against the direction of motion of one surface over the other. Here, frictional force acts <u>between skateboard and ground</u>. This reduces the speed of the skateboard and it eventually stops.
The normal force acting on the object is 500 N in the upward direction
<u>Explanation:</u>
As George is applying a downward force, the normal force will be in the upward direction. The normal force will be exerted due to the acceleration due to gravity exerted on the object.
So, as per Newton's second law, the normal force acting on the object can be measured by the product of mass of the object and the acceleration due to gravity acting on the object.
But as the acceleration due to gravity is a downward acting acceleration and the normal force is a upward acting force, so the acceleration will be having a negative sign in the formula.

Here, acceleration due to gravity g = -10 m/s² and mass is given as 50 kg, then
Normal force = 50 × (-10) = -500 N
So, the normal force acting on the object is 500 N in the upward direction.
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