Narwhal (narwhal)'s status on Thursday, 27-Mar-14 01:31:49 UTC
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@snowcone Well, I'll write out a simpler version of the formula I told you before (no friction). FN = mg So let's break this down. FN 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
