As shown in figure, a garden roller is pushed with a force of at an angle of with horizontal. The normal reaction on the roller is (Given )

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As shown in figure, a  garden roller is pushed with a force of  at an angle of  with horizontal. The normal reaction on the roller is (Given )

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🧠 Pushing Down at an Angle → Normal Increases

Read the picture. A  garden roller pushed with  at  below the horizontal (the force pushes down and forward). Find the normal reaction from the ground.

The principle: when you push at an angle below horizontal, the vertical component of  adds to the weight, increasing the normal force the ground exerts on the roller. That's why pushing a roller makes it press harder into the ground (and why it's easier to pull a lawn mower than to push it for the

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