Recent content by Francis Oliver

Hello and thanks in advance for any help you can offer. I really appreciate it. I am learning about tides and having some trouble here: “What would be the effect on the Earth’s tides if the diameter of the Earth were very much larger than it is? What would be the effect if the Earth were as...

Hello, Thanks a ton for all of your help. I should have been more specific though because the question is actually based off of a picture. It’s a horizontal spring scale lieing on a table with the weights attached at each end with ropes hanging off the ends of the table so that the scale is...

If two 100-N weights were attached to a horizontal spring scale would the scale read 0, 100, or 200 N, or would it give some other reading?

Hello, I just started physics about a month ago and I’m having a bit of trouble. It may seem silly but I just have a hard time wrapping my mind around the concept of comparing amount of weight to amount of force. So anyway my question is while you throw a ball upward, which is larger: the...