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The discussion focuses on calculating the forces acting on a box being pulled at an angle of 30 degrees with a force of 10 N. The mass of the box is 5 kg, and it moves with constant velocity, indicating that the net force is zero. Key calculations include determining the weight of the box (49 N), the vertical component of the pulling force (5 N), the normal force exerted by the floor (44 N), the horizontal component of the pulling force (8.66 N), and the kinetic frictional force, which equals the horizontal component due to constant velocity.

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A boy pulls with a force of 10 N a box with a string that makes an angle of 30 degrees. with the horizontal. the mass of the box is 5 kg. the box moves with constant velocity. Calculate:

a. the weight of the box is: ________

b. the vertical component that makes the string over the box is: _____________

c. the perpendicular force that the floor makes over the box is:_________

d. the horizontal component that the force makes over the box is:________________

e. the kinetic frictional force is:_____________
 
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