Solution 11.4b

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Applying Newtons´s Second Law gives

\displaystyle \uparrow :\quad R-mg=ma

or

\displaystyle R=mg+ma=m(g+a)=5\times (9\textrm{.}8+0\textrm{.}2)=50\ \text{N}