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A pencil standing upright on its eraser end falls over and lands on a table. As the pencil...

A pencil standing upright on its eraser end falls over and lands on a table. As the pencil falls, its eraser does not slip. The following questions refer to the contact force exerted on the pencil by the tablethe positive x direction be in the direction the pencil with the positive y direction be vertically

upward. (a) During the pencil’s fall, is the x component of the contact force positive, negative, or zero? Explain. (b) Is the y component of the contact force greater than, less than, or equal to the weight of the pencil? Explain.

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