A wooden block of mass $2\; kg$ rests on a soft horizontal floor. When an iron cylinder of mass $25\; kg$ is placed on top of the block, the floor yields steadily and the block and the cylinder together go down with an acceleration of $0.1\; m /s^2$. What is the action of the block on the floor $(a)$ before and $(b)$ after the floor yields ? Take $g = 10 \;m /s^2$. Identify the action-reaction pairs in the problem
A wooden block of mass $2\; kg$ rests on a soft horizontal floor. When an iron cylinder of mass $25\; kg$ is placed on top of the block, the floor yields steadily and the block and the cylinder together go down with an acceleration of $0.1\; m /s^2$. What is the action of the block on the floor $(a)$ before and $(b)$ after the floor yields ? Take $g = 10 \;m /s^2$. Identify the action-reaction pairs in the problem
The block is at rest on the floor. Its free-body diagram shows two forces on the block, the force of gravitational attraction by the earth equal to $2 \times 10=20 \,N ;$ and the normal force $R$ of the floor on the block. By the First Law, the net force on the block must be zero $i . e .$ $R=20 \,N .$ Using third law the action of the block (i.e. the force exerted on the floor by the block) is equal to $20 \,N$ and directed vertically downwards.
$(b)$ The system (block $+$ cylinder) accelerates downwards with $0.1 \,m s ^{-2} .$ The free-body diagram of the system shows two forces on the system : the force of gravity due to the earth ( $270\, N$ ) ; and the normal force $R^{\prime}$ by the floor. Note, the free-body diagram of the system does not show the internal forces between the block and the cyllnder. Applying the second law to the system,
$270-R^{\prime}=27 \times 0.1\, N$
$R^{\prime}=267.3 \,N$
By the third law, the action of the system on the floor is equal to $267.3\, N$ vertically downward.
Action-reaction pairs
For $(a): (i)$ the force of gravity $(20\, N )$ on the block by the earth (say, action); the force of gravity on the earth by the block (reaction) equal to $20\, N$ directed upwards (not shown in the figure).
$(ii)$ the force on the floor by the block (action); the force on the block by the floor (reaction).
For $(b): (i)$ the force of gravity $(270\, N )$ on the system by the earth (say, action); the force of gravity on the earth by the system (reaction), equal to $270\, N$ directed upwards (not shown in the figure).
$(ii)$ the force on the floor by the system (action); the force on the system by the floor (reaction). In addition, for $(b)$, the force on the block by the cylinder and the force on the cylinder by the block also constitute an action-reaction pair.
The important thing to remember is that an action-reaction pair consists of mutual forces which are always equal and opposite between two bodies. Two forces on the same body which happen to be equal and opposite can never constitute an action-reaction pair. The force of gravity on the mass in $(a)$ or $(b)$ and the normal force on the mass by the floor are not actionreaction pairs. These forces happen to be equal and opposite for $(a)$ since the mass is at rest. They are not so for case $(b)$, as seen already. The weight of the system is $270 \,N ,$ while the normal force $R^{\prime}$ is $267.3 \,N$
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