1. Sep 19, 2005 #1

   Jasonp914

   

   A baggage handler drops your 10 kg suitcase onto a conveyor belt running at 2.0 m/s the materials are such that myoo (i think thats what its called, the coeffectient of friction) kinetic - .3 static - .5. How far is your suitcase dragged before it is ridding smoothly on the belt?
   
   
   The only thing i need to know is if there is an equation for this i don't know of any that are relivent to this. Thanks you guys are great!

    

   Jasonp914, Sep 19, 2005
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3. Sep 19, 2005 #2

   Tom Mattson

   

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   It's pronounced that way, but it's spelled "mu".
   
   

   It's not just an equation, you have to analyze the problem. This problem is a bit more involved than the standard Physics I problem because you have to use both kinematics and dynamics. You'll need to start by drawing the free body diagram for the suitcase and summing the forces.

    

   Tom Mattson, Sep 19, 2005

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