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Homework Statement I am doing review questions about friction and am I little confused about the one I am currently doing. I have an idea of what the answer is but i want to be positive. The question asks to compare friction to applied force of an object on a horzontal surface. Compare...

Thank you very much. I appreciate it.

Hmm... I wish I could tell you I got it, but to be honest I am just getting more frustrated. I guess I will have to wait till class and have it taken up. I know you want me to figure it out on my own using the mathematical steps provided. But, I'm at the point I just want to see the question...

I think its applied force, gravity, normal force and friction

No... I didnt. Where exactly would I use acceleration in the equation? Thats probably exactly what I am missing

Ok, thanks. I will look into that! Edit: Nevermind... I still keep getting 0.2433281 dividing 620 by 2548

Homework Statement I am having trouble getting the answer for this one. The question is about two students moving a piano. The piano weighs 260kg and one student is pushing with 280N Forward and the other 340N Forward. The piano is accelerating at 0.30m/s^2 Forward. They are asking for...

Okay, I think I understand now. Since the angles I have to work with are 72° and 12° (d1), the answer would be 84° I think that sheds a bit of light on things. Thank you Peter. I will definitely make sure I keep this in mind Edit: I've run into a bit of an issue. I've been using the SIN law...

Homework Statement I am having a nightmare doing homework for my physics test. I have figured out part of the answer but can not figure out what the angle of the displacement is and its driving me crazy... The teacher showed us two methods of how to find the answers, but ended up making...