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    Jun 26, 2014, 02:21 AM
    Ball in an inclined plane
    Help me to understand the my physics homework

    Suppose if a ball is rolling down in an inclined plane, what happens to the normal force acting on it? How to understand the Normal force in this situation

    Please explain

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    Jun 26, 2014, 05:15 AM
    The "normal force" is the force that keeps the ball from falling through the surface of the ramp - it is perpendicular to the surface of the ramp, and has a value equal to the ball's weight times the cosine of the angle of the ramp to the horizontal.
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    Aug 20, 2014, 04:56 AM
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