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Assume $f$ friction is being applied in direction of F. Direction, now, has no significance as $f$ will come out to be negative if it is opposite direction. $$F+f=ma$$ $$FR-fR=I\alpha$$ symbols have their usual meanings Note that if pure rolling occurs, $f$ is static. Also, $$a=\alpha R$$ You can calculate $f$. If $$|f|> \mu_{static}mg$$ You can ...

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In the situation you gave, it's immediately clear what is meant, and there's no possibility for misinterpretation, so yes, it's perfectly acceptable. (Remember that torque is mathematically defined as a vector for convenience, but the direction of that vector isn't really physical.) The only issue I can see with that is that as you leave the simple ...

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As you move from an inertial frame to one non-inertial frame and then to another, you need to invoke various fictitious forces to continue to misapply Newton's Laws to situations where you can't use them. For example, a passenger in a car going around a curve to the left may choose to consider himself as a frame of reference, and explains his constant zero ...

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There is a wikipedia article which describes the effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_bulge Basically the bulge is caused by the rotation of the Earth. The centripetal force is given by $F=m\omega^2 r$. Therefore the poles feel a lesser force than the equator which wants to spin out into a disc. This is balanced by gravity which wants the Earth to ...

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