Normal force is exerted _____to the surface of an object.
2 answers:
The normal force is always (underline, bold) is always perpendicular to the surface an object is sitting on. If the object is on an inclined plane, then the normal will not be vertical but it will be perpendicular to the angle of the incline.
The diagram below (left) shows a normal force (GH) that is not vertical, but it is perpendicular to the surface. The object on the right is the more usual normal a mass on a table top.
The vertical line on the right is the normal and it points up.
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Answer:
y = 67.6 feet, y = 114.4/ (22 - 3t)
Explanation:
For this exercise let's use that light travels in a straight line and some trigonometric relationships, the symbols are in the attached diagram
Large triangle Projector up to the screen
tan θ = y / L
For the small triangle. Projector up to the person
tan θ = y₀ / (L-d)
The angle is the same, so we equate the two equations
y₀ / (L -d) = y / L
y = y₀ L / (L-d)
The distance from the screen (d), we look for it with kinematics
v = d / t
d = v t
we replace
y = y₀ L / (L - v t)
y = 5.2 22 / (22 - 3 t)
y = 114.4 (22 - 3t)⁻¹
This is the equation of the shadow height change as a function of time
For the suggested distance the shadow has a height of
y = 114.4 / (22-13)
y = 67.6 feet
