Q1. A possum is transferring an apple from your fruit bowl to its home in your...

 

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Q1. A possum is transferring an apple from your fruit bowl to its home in your roof. They move at a constant velocity along your verandah railing. While moving along the railing, they accidently drop the apple onto the floor. The mass of the apple is 500 g, so it weighs 5 N. (a) Draw force diagrams for the apple when: i) it is being carried, ii) it is falling, iii) it first makes contact with the floor. (b) Would the contact force that the floor exerts on the apple as it lands be stronger, weaker or the same as the contact force that the possum exerts on the apple as they carry it? Justify your answer. (c) The possum recollects the apple and climbs a support beam into the roof at an angle of 20°. The possum sadly drops the apple again. It lands on the support beam and starts sliding towards the floor, with an acceleration of 20 mm/s² down the support beam. i) What is the nett force acting on the apple as it slides? ii) What is the magnitude of the contact force that the support beam exerts on the apple as it slides? Draw a diagram indicating the direction of this force. Q1. A possum is transferring an apple from your fruit bowl to its home in your roof. They move at a constant velocity along your verandah railing. While moving along the railing, they accidently drop the apple onto the floor. The mass of the apple is 500 g, so it weighs 5 N. (a) Draw force diagrams for the apple when: i) it is being carried, ii) it is falling, iii) it first makes contact with the floor. (b) Would the contact force that the floor exerts on the apple as it lands be stronger, weaker or the same as the contact force that the possum exerts on the apple as they carry it? Justify your answer. (c) The possum recollects the apple and climbs a support beam into the roof at an angle of 20°. The possum sadly drops the apple again. It lands on the support beam and starts sliding towards the floor, with an acceleration of 20 mm/s² down the support beam. i) What is the nett force acting on the apple as it slides? ii) What is the magnitude of the contact force that the support beam exerts on the apple as it slides? Draw a diagram indicating the direction of this force.

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