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Hi all, I am having difficulty in understanding this basic phyics relating to force, work,and movement, and I am struggling to do these questions. I would appreciate any help.
The following information was provided and then three questions followed.
A boy drags a box by a rope across a level floor. The box is moving at a constant velocity of 1.6ms-1 west. The boy applies a constant force of 120N along the rope. The rope makes an angle of 30 degrees to the horizontal.
Q1) What is the magnitude of the net force acting on the box?
Q2) Calculate the magnitude of the resistance forces acting on the box. Justify your answer.
Q3) How much work does the boy do against the resistance forces when he drags the box a distance of 5.0m?
I figure that I need to use "F = ma" somewhere, along with the "Work = Fs." I am unsure what else I would use because this is the main problem I am having, applying the equations and rules.
So far, I have managed to do the following workings in an attempt to complete the questions:
1) Using Trig, I calculated that the horizontal line of force acting on box in west direction is equal to 120NCos30 = 103.92N West. Is this the only working I need to do??
2) I think I need to connect the velocity with the 103.92N of horizontal force but I can't think of how to... I have looked through my notes and I guess that Newton's third law can be applied, but I am quite unsure...
3) Well "W = Fs" would be used, with W being unknown, the forces from questions 1 & 2 being substituted for the Net Force F and the displacement, s, would be 5m.
The following information was provided and then three questions followed.
A boy drags a box by a rope across a level floor. The box is moving at a constant velocity of 1.6ms-1 west. The boy applies a constant force of 120N along the rope. The rope makes an angle of 30 degrees to the horizontal.
Q1) What is the magnitude of the net force acting on the box?
Q2) Calculate the magnitude of the resistance forces acting on the box. Justify your answer.
Q3) How much work does the boy do against the resistance forces when he drags the box a distance of 5.0m?
I figure that I need to use "F = ma" somewhere, along with the "Work = Fs." I am unsure what else I would use because this is the main problem I am having, applying the equations and rules.
So far, I have managed to do the following workings in an attempt to complete the questions:
1) Using Trig, I calculated that the horizontal line of force acting on box in west direction is equal to 120NCos30 = 103.92N West. Is this the only working I need to do??
2) I think I need to connect the velocity with the 103.92N of horizontal force but I can't think of how to... I have looked through my notes and I guess that Newton's third law can be applied, but I am quite unsure...
3) Well "W = Fs" would be used, with W being unknown, the forces from questions 1 & 2 being substituted for the Net Force F and the displacement, s, would be 5m.
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