Sunday, October 23, 2011

Just Leaning


A force is a vector that causes the acceleration of an object. When at least one pair of forces is balanced, no acceleration occurs. In this case, I took a picture of Snoopy, who is already wearing his costume for Halloween, leaning against a wall. Although the human mind does not perceive this phenomenon at once, four forces are acting on Snoopy. One of the forces is his weight, which pulls him to the ground. Also, a normal force equal and opposite to the force of his weight also acts on Snoopy. The friction of the ground on Snoopy is another force. Finally, the wall also exerts a force on Snoopy because he would otherwise fall towards where the wall is placed.

1 comment:

  1. hahaha funny post amber! nice connection with snoops to physics!

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