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Homework Statement A mass m = 13kg is pulled along a horizontal floor with no friction for a distance of d = 5.1m. Then the mass is pulled up an incline that makes an angle theta = 39 degrees with the horizontal and has a coefficient of kinetic friction u = 0.39. The entire time the...

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A vector has a magnitude and direction. A position has no direction, but only occupys space. A displacement vector is in fact the difference between points in space occupying more than a single point with a magnitude and direction.

Homework Statement A hollow cylinder with a very thin wall (like a toilet paper tube) and a block are placed at rest at the top of a plane with inclination  above the horizontal. The cylinder rolls down the plane without slipping and the block slides down the plane; it is found that both...