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Alright what's up sheenu32, i have feeling i am your class, so let me attempt question for you. a) I believe you are right about the normal force, but the normal is not the force of gravity, it is the force exerted by wall on the passenger. b)they cancel out c)the force of friction of the wall...

OK! i think just made tremendous progress with Delphi51's post (BIG THANKS), but before I make my solution final, can someone please clarify if the initial velocity for the vertical component when the rock is thrown as projectile truly zero, because instead of assuming it was zero, i made it...

Yes, i know, but didn't I equate Fc to the right amount because isn't Fc=mgtan(60), since it is the horizontal component of the tension and the vertical component of the tension is mg, is it not? Can you please tell the best way to post my free body pic. Edit: I think I did the centripetal...

Same thing I thought too!, I asked my physics teacher and he said imagine a spinning ball connected to a pole. The ball is spinning horizontal, and it can make a angle with the vertical pole. Hope that clears misunderstandings.

Hello Physics Forum, I am new member and this is my first Thread. :smile: While onto the problem. I have been stuck on this particular for well over a week. I do not get the excat answer and to me my solution seems logically. Homework Statement An Australian bushman hunts kangaroos with a...