Question

A boy pulls a box of toys on a smooth horizontal floor with a force of 100 N in a direction of 37.0° above the horizontal. If the mass of the box and the toys is 40.0 kg, what is the normal force on the box?

Answer 1

Answer:

The normal force on the box, which is the force acting vertically to support its weight, is equal to the vertical component of the applied force. In this case:

\[ \text{Normal force} = 100 \, \text{N} \cdot \sin(37.0^\circ) \]

Calculate this to find the actual value of the normal force.