jacsamell said:Resolve all the forces into x and y components
Then it should be trivial
Hope this helps
jillime said:I've done a free body diagram. I am still confused as to how to find the weight of the lamp. Does the combined force of the chain and the pull of the lamp have to equal 110 N?
jillime said:http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/829/jillf.jpg/
There's my fbd and hopefully correct components, sorry its small.
So does the weight of the lamp have to be equal to the y component and the chain equal to the x component but in the negative direction?
If I seem slow it's because this is my first experience with problems like these.. so bear with me.
Newton's Second Law, also known as the Law of Acceleration, states that the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting on it and inversely proportional to its mass.
To calculate net force, you need to know the mass of the object and the acceleration it experiences. Then, you can use the formula F=ma, where F is the net force, m is the mass, and a is the acceleration.
Sure! Let's say a car with a mass of 1000 kg is accelerating at a rate of 5 m/s^2. What is the net force acting on the car? Using the formula F=ma, we can calculate the net force to be 5000 N.
The units of net force are newtons (N). This is because the formula for net force is F=ma, where F is measured in newtons, m is measured in kilograms, and a is measured in meters per second squared.
Newton's Second Law is related to the other two laws of motion. It can be thought of as a combination of the other two laws - the First Law states that an object will remain at rest or in motion unless acted upon by a net force, while the Third Law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Newton's Second Law shows how these laws work together to determine the acceleration of an object.