In A Free Body Diagram/problem, When Does The Fn (normal Force) Equal The W (weight)?

In addition to there being no angle (so it is flat on the ground)… there is no vertical movement.

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One Response to “In A Free Body Diagram/problem, When Does The Fn (normal Force) Equal The W (weight)?”

  1. WP Autoblog Software on November 9th, 2009 at 4:55 pm

    i believe Fn=mg whenever there is no angle involved and the object is perfectly level in the ground. if there were an angle, then Fn woul equal mgcos? instead of just mg.

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