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What is the Direction of Force in a Falling Object's Free-Body Diagram?
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[QUOTE="Ascendant78, post: 4502767, member: 434818"] [h2]Homework Statement [/h2] A 40kg person is falling at the speed of gravity, 9.8m/s^2. Wind resistance is not considered. On your free-body diagram, the direction they are falling (ground) is in the negative direction, hence gravity is causing an acceleration in the negative. [h2]Homework Equations[/h2] F(gravity) = (40)(-9.8) F(gravity) = -392N [h2]The Attempt at a Solution[/h2] I am simply curious when solving a problem such as this, would N be a -392N since it is traveling in the negative on the free-body diagram, or is it seen a magnitude and considered a positive number? [/QUOTE]
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