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Grade Upto college levelMechanics

we get different values of normal force when we calculate it with the help of two different co ordinate axes.Why is it so.

Profile image of sudarshan gupta
16 Years agoGrade Upto college level
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Profile image of pratham ashish
16 Years ago
hi, frist i wud like to clear ur concept of normal force, it is basically the force which a plane exert on the object in the dirctn normal to the surface, if the plane is like sphere, then the normal force wud b in the directn of normal passing thru the contact point. in ur case, the total dwnward force in the direction perpendicular to palne wud b equal to normal reaction. it is irrespective of co ordinate axes, it is not total dwnwrd force.