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    High School Kinetic friction vs static friction?

    OK, so in my physics class we are doing friction. And the book states that static friction usually larger then kinetic. Then he posed a question to whether or not there might be some crazy scenario where the kinetic friction is larger than the static friction? Personally, I cannot think of...
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    Calculating Final Velocity with Acceleration: Space Shuttle Example

    thank you! and thank you for the heads up, see what happened was i asked my friend and asked basically what you told me and he said he didnt think it was that (and he had taken physics last year). thanks again :)
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    Calculating Final Velocity with Acceleration: Space Shuttle Example

    Homework Statement The space shuttle undergoes an acceleration of 53.2 meters/second^2. How fast is it traveling at the end of 55.2 seconds? Homework Equations not sure? The Attempt at a Solution All i really need is the set up. I've gone through a page of equations in my...