An apple of 130 g is placed on the floor of the kitchen,calculate the normal force applied to the apple by the floor. (Take g = 10 m/s2)
To calculate the normal force applied to the apple by the floor, we first need to convert the mass of the apple from grams to kilograms:
Next, we can use the formula for weight, which is equal to the normal force in this case since the apple is resting on the floor:
where:
is the normal force,
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