Question

5. You are sitting at your dinner table and notice three peas have fallen off of your plate as shown below. if each pea has a mass of M= 0.230 g and D=3 cm find the magnitude and direction of the net gravitational force on the Pea labeled M1

Answer 1

Given that the mass of the pea if m1 = 0.23 g = 0.023 kg

We have to find the net gravitational force.

The net gravitational force can be calculated by the formula

`F1=m1\text{ g}`

Here, g = 9.81 m/s^2 is the acceleration due to gravity.

The net gravitational force can be calculated as

`\begin{gathered} F1=0.023*9.81 \\ =0.\text{ 226 N} \end{gathered}`

Thus, the magnitude of net gravitational force is 0.226 N in the downward direction.