A woman pushes 50 N lawn mower with a force of 25 N. If the handle of the lawn mower is 45 degree above the horizontal, how much downward force is the lawn mower exerting on the ground?

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anonymous · Answer

so the best thing to do here is draw what's called a free body diagram which is a picture that represents all the forces acting on the object

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anonymous · Answer

now based on the picture we see that the force of pushing on the lawn mover has an x component and a y component

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