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Figure 5-28 shows four choices for the direction of a force of magnitude F to be applied to a block on an inclined plane. The directions are either horizontal or vertical. (For choice b, the force is not enough to lift the block off the plane.) Rank the choices according to the magnitude of the normal force acting on the block from the
plane, greatest first.

The rank of normal force by inclined surface due to the application of force a, b, c, and d from greatest to least is $N_{d} > N_{c} > N_{b} > N_{a}$ .

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Step 1: Given information

Angle is given $θ = 30 °$ .

Step 2: To understand the concept

The problem is based on Newton’s second law of motion which states that the acceleration of an object is dependent on the net force acting upon the object and the mass of the object. Draw free-body diagrams for each force separately and resolve the given force and weight. Using components of forces the net force equation can be written.

Formulae:

$F = m a W = mg$

Step 3: To rank the normal force by inclined surface due to the application of force a, b, c, and d from greatest to least.

The calculation for normal due to application of force a:

Due to the application of force, there is no motion in the vertical direction, so the net force is zero.

The equation for the net force can be written as,

$F_{net} = 0 N_{a} + a \sin 30 ° - mgcos 30 ° = 0 N_{a} = mgcos 30 ° - asin 30 ° N_{a} = 0.866 mg - 0.5 a (1) This is the normal force by incline due to the application of force a .$

The calculation for normal due to application of force b:

$F_{net} = 0 N_{b} + b \cos 30 ° - mgcos 30 ° = 0 N_{b} = mgcos 30 ° - asin 30 ° N_{b} = 0.866 mg - 0.866 b (2) This is the normal force by incline due to the application of force b .$

The calculation for normal due to application of force c:

Similarly, the net force equation for force c,

$F_{net} = 0 N_{c} + c \cos 30 ° - mgcos 30 ° = 0 N_{c} = mgcos 30 ° - c \sin 30 ° N_{c} = 0.866 mg - 0.5 c (3) This is the normal force by incline due to the application of force c .$

The calculation for normal due to application of force d:

Similarly, the net force equation for force d,

$F_{net} = 0 N_{d} + d \cos 30 ° - mgcos 30 ° = 0 N_{d} = mgcos 30 ° - d \sin 30 ° N_{d} = 0.866 mg + 0.866 d (4) This is the normal force by incline due to the application of force d .$

From equations (1), (2), (3), and (4) we get,

Forces a, b, c, and d have the same magnitude then the increasing order of normal forces is $N_{d} > N_{c} > N_{b} > N_{a}$ .

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