Question

Helen is standing in the hallway with her friend Janet, next to Helen's locker. Each girl has a body mass of 48 kilograms (kg), and thus each exerts a force of 470.4 Newtons (N) on the hall floor. What is the total force, in Newtons (N), that the hall floor exerts on the pair of girls?

A. 940.8 N
B. 96 N
C. 960.4 N
D. 48 N

Answer 1

The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "A. 940.8 N." Helen is standing in the hallway with her friend Janet, next to Helen's locker. Each girl has a body mass of 48 kilograms (kg), and thus each exerts a force of 470.4 Newtons (N) on the hall floor.