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Thanks for the help. Just clarifying Fn made this system much easier to understand.

Sorry I was meaning to write it as the Normal Force, NF better?

Homework Statement A book is sitting on a table, which is sitting on the Earth. The book has a weight of 10 N and the table has a weight of 20 N as labeled on the diagram. a. Find all contact forces, F12. (For example, “FEB” would mean “Force of Earth ON Book”) b. Next to each, tell me...

mass a of the rocket. FN upward is the F(RA), downward we have m(ag) and also m(bg)? mass b of container. Upward would be F(t) and FN would be F(RB)? downward m(bg). I have the most trouble the free body diagrams. Work. Part 1, A= F / ma+mb. F=A(ma+mb) = 1.80x10^4 N Part 2, Ft=mb * a...

Homework Statement Just started tension problems and having some trouble figuring out how to approach the problem. Thanks for any help in advance. Consider a rocket that is taking off and towing a large container of trash. The rocket’s engines exert a force, F, that causes the rocket and...