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Okay, got it. Thank you Very much; I would have been lost without you!

Ah ha! I see, okay okay; let's see if I can do this! Thank you so so so much!

Okay, so here is what I did: Total forces of X are Force of friction, force of gravity and force of inertia. I obtained the Normal force by using the the y component of gravity (36 x 9.8(cos10)) and then using that number I obtained the value for the force of friction to be 132.03. Plugging...

So is the Force of inertia the force you are solving in this problem? Would that be the acceleration? I am a bit confused.

Yes I believe I understand, because the frictional forces are perpendicular to the area of contact? Ahhh, this is always the problems I have with physics! :) Thanks much for the help. -Jasmine

Homework Statement Anthony is going to drive a flat-bed truck up a hill that makes an angle of 10 degrees wtih respect to the horizontal direction. A 36.0-kg package sits in the back of the truck. The coefficient of static friction between the package and the truck bed is 0.380. What is the...

Okay, so I began by analyzing the total forces of both the astronaut and the asteroid. The total forces on the astronaut = -250N = ma so I then found the acceleration of by dividing -250 by mass 60kg to obtain a=-4.17. Doing the same thing for the asteroid I used a positive 250/mass 40kg and...

So one question before I get going, my professor had said that the total time would be 5.35 and that the wording of the problem is just a bit confusing. Does this sound right? Thanks much for the help!

Homework Statement An astronaut of mass 60 kg and a small asteroid of mass 40 are initially at rest with respect to the space station. The astronaut pushes the asteroid with a constant force of magnitude 250N for 0.35s. Gravitational forces are negligible. A)How far apart are the astronaut and...