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Answer:
It will still hover until the spaceship "hits" or exerts a force on it.
Explanation:
Remember, if there is no net force, there is no acceleration or movement.
In this case, our ball is hovering in the spaceship, and in space, we can assume there is no , and we can assume there is no
, nor no forces acting against it.
So, the ball would not move.
However, once the spaceship starts accelerating, the ball would still hover until the spaceship exerts a force on it.
This is because of the same thing as explained above, no forces acting on it, therefore, no acceleration.
Think about it this way.
Imagine you jumped up, then someone threw a ball at you. Now let's imagine you can't move until you hit the floor, meaning that in an ideal situation only is acting on you. Now again, let's imagine time slows really down for you, but not the ball. Before the ball comes and hits you, you are "hovering" like a ball. But after the ball hits you, you move a little because the ball exerted a force on you.
If you did not understand what I meant above, just forget about it, and think about the fact that if there is a Net force (all the force values added up), then there is acceleration and movement.
Answer:
The magnitude of the friction force exerted on the box is 2.614 newtons.
Explanation:
Since the box is sliding on a rough horizontal floor, then it is decelerated solely by friction force due to the contact of the box with floor. The free body diagram of the box is presented herein as attachment. The equation of equilbrium for the box is:
(Eq. 1)
Where:
- Kinetic friction force, measured in newtons.
- Mass of the box, measured in kilograms.
- Acceleration experimented by the box, measured in meters per square second.
By applying definitions of weight () and uniform accelerated motion (
), we expand the previous expression:
And the magnitude of the friction force exerted on the box is calculated by this formula:
(Eq. 1b)
Where:
- Weight, measured in newtons.
- Gravitational acceleration, measured in meters per square second.
- Initial speed, measured in meters per second.
- Final speed, measured in meters per second.
- Time, measured in seconds.
If we know that ,
,
,
and
, the magnitud of the kinetic friction force exerted on the box is:
The magnitude of the friction force exerted on the box is 2.614 newtons.
