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Force Required to Move Box of Mass 20 kg w/ Friction
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[QUOTE="StephenDoty, post: 1615578, member: 108885"] A box (m = 20 kg) is sitting on a horizontal surface. It is connected to a massless hook by a light string passing over a massless pulley wheel. The coefficients of friction between the box and the surface are 0.50 (static) and 0.30 (kinetic). On top of m is a second box M of mass 20 kg. The coefficients of friction between the boxes m and M are 0.80 (static) and 0.60 (kinetic). How much weight needs to be added to the hook until the box just begins to move. A) 10 kg B) 98 kg C) 20 kg D) 16 kg E) 200 kg So the total mass of m= 40kg so fs=40*9.80*.5 so fs= 196N thus the force pulling down on the second mass has to equal fs the force pulling down is mg so mg=196N m=20kg I do realize that on the second mass hanging over the table has both a tension force and a mg force, do you have to take the tension into account? I wouldn't think so because we are trying to figure out how much mass is need to start the first mass moving, so the tension doesn't matter, its just the force that carries the mg force from the second mass to the first mass. Making mg=fs Isnt the force of the system = 0 before it starts moving thus 0= mg -fs or mg=fs? I do not like my way of solving this problem. How would you guys solve it?? Thanks Stephen [/QUOTE]
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