Friction Force of a rubber ball

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The discussion revolves around a physics problem involving the friction force acting on a rubber ball with a specified mass and acceleration as it rolls across a concrete floor. The original poster attempts to calculate the friction force required to stop the ball using given values and equations related to motion and friction.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Assumption checking

Approaches and Questions Raised

  • Participants explore the calculations related to friction force and question the appropriateness of the coefficient of kinetic friction used in the original poster's attempt.

Discussion Status

Some participants have raised questions regarding the value of the coefficient of kinetic friction, suggesting that the value used may be too high for the materials involved. There is an ongoing exploration of the assumptions made in the calculations.

Contextual Notes

The original poster references a coefficients of friction sheet for the value used, which has led to discussions about the accuracy of that value in the context of rubber and concrete interactions.

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Homework Statement


If a 2.5 kg rubber ball is rolled across the dry concrete floor with an acceleration of 4.0 m/s^2[E]. Determine the friction force required to stop the ball. (Drawing a free body diagram will help illustrate this situation)

Homework Equations


Fk= µk(Fn)
F=ma

The Attempt at a Solution



a=4.0 m/s^2[E]

m=2.5kg
µk= 1Find Fn=mg

=2.5(9.81)

=24.5

Find friction force to stop the ballFk=1(24.5)

Fk=24.5

Find Fnet=ma

=2.5(4.0)

=10 N(E)
These numbers are telling me that the object should not be moving in the first place? Which is confusing because i am given an acceleration

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Why did you set ##\mu k = 1##?
 
that was the value that was given to me, on my coefficients of friction sheet.
 
That is very high, that is a friction i would expect to be static. and i thought rubber to concrete was somewhere around .8 mus
 

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