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Homework Statement
A man is pulling a wagon up a 50° up a hill. His nephew of in unknown mass sits in the wagon. After pulling the wagon 30 meters up the incline, the man slips and falls releasing the wagon. The sled, starting from rest, slides down the incline. After traveling 30 meters the sled travels 50 meters on a wide open horizontal surface before finally coming to a stop. Assuming the coefficient of friction is the same throughout the entire problem, find the coefficient of kinetic friction. If the coefficient of static friction between the wagon and the ground was twice the coefficient of kinetic friction, would the wagon move at all?
Hint: Treat this as two different parts with two different coordinate systems.
Hint: The speed the wagon reaches at the bottom of the hill is the dame speed the wagon starts with when traveling on the ground.
Homework Equations
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The Attempt at a Solution
I don't know where to start on this problem . Can you guys help at all?