1.0 link Rainbow Dash Network http://rainbowdash.net/ Narwhal (narwhal) http://rainbowdash.net/narwhal http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3361491 @<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