
College Physics
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ISBN: 9780134601823
Author: ETKINA, Eugenia, Planinšič, G. (gorazd), Van Heuvelen, Alan
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Chapter 3, Problem 4P
You hang a book bag on a spring scale and place the bag on a platform scale so that the platform scale reads 25.7 N and the spring scale reads 17.6 N. (a) Draw a force diagram for the book bag to represent the situation. (b) What is the magnitude of the force that Earth exerts on the bag?
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