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Heat energy dissipated from moving box with friction
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[QUOTE="Quantum Defect, post: 5000706, member: 537816"] Your answer looks right, but rather than just doing the dimensional analysis, it would probably help you to draw a free body diagram. Later on, you will see vector equations for work where this dimensional analysis approach won't work. For the free body diagram, you have gravity pushing down with a Force of 40N. This is compensated by a normal force of 40N (ground pushing up on the box). You know this, because there is no acceleration up/down. There is also no acceleration forward-backwards. So the net force inthis direction is also zero. You are pushing the box forward with some force F->, friction is pushing back with an equal and opposite force <-F. The magnitude of the Frictional force is equal to the Normal Force times the coefficient of friction. The work done is the force times the distance. The rate of energy lost to friction is equal to the work done divided by time. [/QUOTE]
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