Acceleration across a floor with friction

[djokoman95]

Homework Statement

A man pushes a box full of toys that has a mass of 12kg across a floor with a force of 60 N. The box of toys and the floor have a kinetic coefficient of friction of 0.5.
What is the acceleration of the box?

Homework Equations

F=ma

The Attempt at a Solution

Here's what I have so far. f\mu_k=12*9.8*0.5=58.8. So, since the man is pushing with 60 N of force, and the friction force is pushing back with 58.8 N, he is pushing the box with a net force of .2 N. I think, but I"m not sure, that I could just use this 0.2 as the F in F=ma, then solve for a, using 12 as m, and 0.2 as F. I'm not quite sure if this is correct though.

 

[azureth]

Yes,it is correct.

 

[gdbb]

It's not 0.2 N, it's 1.2 N :)

 

[cupid.callin]

1.2 is the net force
and according to Newton's laws its equal to ma ...

 

[GreenPrint]

Always draw a free body diagram if your not sure if your correct or not. If you do so you would see that your correct.