Question

A chair of weight 85.0 N lies atop a horizontal floor; the floor is not frictionless. You push on the chair with a force of F = 40.0 N directed at an angle of 35.0deg below the horizontal and the chair slides along the floor.

Using Newton's laws, calculate n, the magnitude of the normal force that the floor exerts on the chair.

Answer 1

N = 107.94 N

Step-by-step explanation:

For this exercise we must use Newton's second law.

Let's set a reference system with the x-axis parallel to the ground and the y-axis vertical

X axis

Fₓ = ma

ej and

N -F_y - W = 0

let's use trigonometry to decompose the applied force

cos -35 = Fₓ / F

sin -35 = F_y / F

Fₓ = F cos -35

F_y = F sin -35

Fₓ = 40.0 cos -35 = 32.766 N

F_y = 40.0 sin -35 = -22.94 N

we substitute

N = Fy + W

N = 22.94 + 85

N = 107.94 N