A woman pushes a 27 kg lawnmower at a

steady speed. She exerts a 180 N force in a

direction 31 degrees below the horizontal.

The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/^2

Find the magnitude of the vertical force

this lawnmower exerts on the lawn.

Answer in units of N.

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Alberto Ortega

Physics

2 November, 19:21

A woman pushes a 27 kg lawnmower at a

steady speed. She exerts a 180 N force in a

direction 31 degrees below the horizontal.

The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/^2

Find the magnitude of the vertical force

this lawnmower exerts on the lawn.

Answer in units of N.

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Jacklyn · Answer 1

The solution for this problem is computed by:

We must look for the weight of the lawnmower = mg = 27 x 9.8 = 264.6 N

Then look for the component of exerted force in downwards direction = 180 sin (31) = 92.71 N

Total downwards force = 264.6 + 92.71 = 357.31 N

A woman pushes a 27 kg lawnmower at asteady speed. She exerts a 180 N force in adirection 31 degrees below the horizontal.The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/^2Find the magnitude of the vertical forcethis lawnmower exerts on the lawn.Answer in units of N.

A woman pushes a 27 kg lawnmower at a

steady speed. She exerts a 180 N force in a

direction 31 degrees below the horizontal.

The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/^2

Find the magnitude of the vertical force

this lawnmower exerts on the lawn.

Answer in units of N.