Recent content by Melanie.H

Oh, I suppose I should have mentioned for my original question that the block was being pulled up or across the plane at a constant velocity… would this change anything?

Okay, that makes sense :)

Hm, interesting! That would also contribute to some of the limits of how large the coefficient can be then?

Thanks! :D I was just wondering because for an experiment I actually got that it was bigger for the inclined plane….

Why would the coefficient of kinetic friction be larger for an inclined plane versus a horizontal plane? Would it be related to the material? I thought initially it was something to do with the force of gravity… but apparently that's not it :( Thanks so much in advance!