{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Narwhal (narwhal)'s status on Thursday, 27-Mar-14 01:31:49 UTC","author_name":"Narwhal (narwhal)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/narwhal","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3361491","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/1768\" class=\"url\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">snowcone<\/span><\/a><\/span> Well, I'll write out a simpler version of the formula I told you before (no friction). F<span class=\"smallt\">N<\/span> =  mg So let's break this down. F<span class=\"smallt\">N<\/span> is the normal force. It's essentially the force pushing up on a resting object (to counter gravity). mg is equal to Fg (the force of gravity), where m is the mass of the object and g is the strength of gravity (which is ~9.8 in most cases). So, if you had a 1kg object that wasn't accelerating (therefore no unbalanced forces), the normal force acting on it would be ~9.8"}