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Posted by EHm on Monday, January 10, 2011 at 6:39am.

A person whose weight is W=584 N doing push-ups. Find the normal force exerted by the floor on each hand each foot, assuming that the persons holds this person
|=central gravity
foot arm
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.840m .410m

PHYSICS - Damon, Monday, January 10, 2011 at 6:49am
584/2 = 292
x on a foot, 1.25-x on a hand

(x)(.84) = (1.25-x)(.41)

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