A woman at an airport is towing her 20.0 kg suitcase with an acceleration of 0.500 m/s2 by pulling on the suitcase with force P (40.0 N) at an angle 30.0oabove the horizontal. Find the following: (use g=10.0 m/s2) a) Draw a free-body-diagram of the suitcase. b) What is the friction force on the suitcase by the ground? c) What is the normal force exerted on the suitcase by the ground?

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A woman at an airport is towing her 20.0 kg suitcase with an acceleration of 0.500 m/s2 by pulling on the suitcase with force P (40.0 N) at an angle 30.0oabove the horizontal. Find the following: (use g=10.0 m/s2)


a) Draw a free-body-diagram of the suitcase.
b) What is the friction force on the suitcase by the ground?
c) What is the normal force exerted on the suitcase by the ground?

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