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We are having a debate on whether air pressure has a net effect on a
book
at rest on a table top. If it does, is it up or down?
My colleague cited the demo done often to show the strength of the air
pressure force by placing a stick so one end is under a sheet of
newspaper
with the other extending over the edge of the table. It is easy to
break
the stick with a sharp whack on the unsupported end. This is ostensibly
because the air pressure on the paper keeps the "under the paper" end
at
rest so the pair of torques snaps the stick.
I am thinking that if this is so that when we calculate the friction
force, the "air pressure force" should be included in the normal force.