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AnnaRiddle
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I found a problem and I'm having one question, it goes like this:
A box of 5 kg is being dragged across the floor with a horizontal force of 40 N. If it starts at rest and it begins to accelerate at 3 m/s2 (constant acceleration), find:
A) The coefficient of kinetic friction
B) Supposing that this force (the 40 N) was just enough to start moving the box, find the coefficient of static friction
for A), I did my free body diagram and force summation, I found that my coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.51 (is it right?)
I'm not sure if my approach for B is correct. I used the same free body diagram but set my force summation equal to zero since the object has no acceleration in that case. (∑Fx = 40 N - μN = 0, where N= 49.05 N) I'm just unsure if I should use an applied force of less than 40 N (like 39 maybe?) or if I should still use 40.
Thanks!
A box of 5 kg is being dragged across the floor with a horizontal force of 40 N. If it starts at rest and it begins to accelerate at 3 m/s2 (constant acceleration), find:
A) The coefficient of kinetic friction
B) Supposing that this force (the 40 N) was just enough to start moving the box, find the coefficient of static friction
for A), I did my free body diagram and force summation, I found that my coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.51 (is it right?)
I'm not sure if my approach for B is correct. I used the same free body diagram but set my force summation equal to zero since the object has no acceleration in that case. (∑Fx = 40 N - μN = 0, where N= 49.05 N) I'm just unsure if I should use an applied force of less than 40 N (like 39 maybe?) or if I should still use 40.
Thanks!
