Recent content by Josiah W

The problem seems very straight forward, however it's proving stubborn. The problem is as follows: We have a mass of 25kg sliding on a table with a frictional coefficient of 0.36. What is the frictional force in Newtons? Now, I know the force of friction to be Fƒ = μmg and also Fƒ = μmg⋅cosα...

Hello everyone, My name is Josiah W, I'm from the U.S., and I'm a second-year engineering student. Just thought I'd provide a brief summation of myself before heading to bed. As mentioned, I'm an engineering student, and my discipline is civil engineering more specifically. I'm 23, born and...