Q. A 54-kg student weighs himself by standing on a force scale mounted on a skateboard that is rolling down an incline. Assume there is no friction so that the force exerted by the incline on the skateboard is normal to the incline. What is the reading on the scale if θ = 30°?
Q. A 79.2-kg airplane pilot pulls out of a dive by following, at a constant speed of 191 km/h, the arc of a circle whose radius is 321.0 m
(a) At the bottom of the circle, what are the direction and magnitude of his acceleration?
(b) What is the net force acting on him at the bottom of the circle?
(c) What is the force exerted on the pilot by the airplane seat?