A beetle that has an inertia of 4.0 x 10 ^ -6 kg sits on the floor. It jumps by using its muscles to push against the floor and raise its center of mass.

A). if it's center of mass rises 0.75 mm while it is pushing against the floor and then continues to travel up to a height of 300mm above the floor, what is the magnitude of the force exerted by the floor on the beetle?

B). what is the beetles acceleration during the motion?

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