A worker pulls a large 80 kg box to the right across a frictionless floor with a 200 N force applied in a direction of 50 degrees above the horizontal. A) What is the horizontal, or x-component, of the force?  B) What is the vertical, or y-component of the force?  C) Calculate the acceleration of the box.

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  1. A worker pulls a large 80 kg box to the right across a frictionless floor with a 200 N force applied in a direction of 50 degrees above the horizontal. A) What is the horizontal, or x-component, of the force?  B) What is the vertical, or y-component of the force?  C) Calculate the acceleration of the box.

 

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  1. A) Calculate the mass (in slugs) of a 100 pound rock on the Earth. B) What is the mass of the same rock if it were sitting on the moon?  C) How much would this rock weigh (in pounds) on the moon, assuming that gmoon = 5.3 ft/sec2?

 

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