\f_L . Draw a sketch of the situation. 2. Consider only one object (at a time), and draw a free-body diagram for that body, showing all the forces acting on that body. Do not show any forces that the body exerts on other bodies. If several bodies are involved, draw a free-body diagram for each body separately, showing all the forces acting on that body. 3. Newton's second law involves vectors, and it is usually important to resolve vectors into components. Choose an x and yaxis in a way that simplifies the calculation. 4. For each body, Newton's second law can be applied to the x and y components separately. That is the xcomponent of the net force on that body will be related to the xcomponent of that body's acceleration: 2F = max, and similarly forthe ydirection. 5. Solve the equation or equations for the unknown(s). Apply these steps Use the steps outlined above to find the magnitude of the acceleration a. of a chair and the magnitude of the normal force FN acting on the chair: Yusef pushes a chair of mass m = 50.0 kg across a carpeted floor with a force Fp (the subscript 'p' here is lowercase and throughout the question) of magnitude F = 144 N directed at 6 = 35.0 degrees below the horizontal (gure 1). The magnitude of the kinetic frictional force between the carpet and the chair is F]; = 97.4 N