Question

A farmer is pushing a 75 kg plow across a field with 700 N at an angle of 35 degrees above the ground. If the kinetic frictional force between the plow and the field is 250 N. What is the Normal Force from the ground onto the plow? And what is the acceleration of the plow?

Answer 1

Given :

A farmer is pushing a 75 kg plow across a field with 700 N at an angle of 35 degrees above the ground.

The kinetic frictional force between the plow and the field is 250 N.

To Find :

The Normal Force from the ground onto the plow.

The acceleration of the plow.

Solution :

Normal force = mg + F sin Ф

= 75×10 + 700 × sin 35°

= 1151.50 N

Now,

ma = 700 cos Ф - 250

75×a = 323.4

a = 4.31 m/s²

Hence, this is the required solution.