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Posted by robin on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 3:08pm.

A man doing push-ups pauses in the position shown in the figure . His mass m = 80 kg.

In push up position:

From hands to waist = 40 cm
From waist to feet = 95 cm
height - heel of foot to ground = 30 cm

Determine the normal force exerted by the floor on each hand.

Determine the normal force exerted by the floor on each foot.

physics - bobpursley, Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 3:57pm
The center of mass for the man will have to be known, I wouldn't use the
physics - bobpursley, Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 3:58pm
ignore that partial post.

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