A contestant in a winter sports event pulls a 55.0 kg block of ice across a frozen lake with a rope over his shoulder at an angle above the horizontal as shown below. (Enter the magnitudes. Assume that friction is not negligible.) 25° (a) Calculate the minimum force F (in N) he must exert to get the block moving. (b) What is its acceleration (in m/s?) once it starts to move, if that force is maintained? m/s2

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A contestant in a winter sports event pulls a 55.0 kg block of ice across a frozen lake with a rope over his shoulder at an angle above the horizontal as shown below. (Enter the magnitudes. Assume that friction is not negligible.)

(a) Calculate the minimum force F (in N) he must exert to get the block moving.
 ______N

(b) What is its acceleration (in m/s2) once it starts to move, if that force is maintained?
 ______m/s^2

A contestant in a winter sports event pulls a 55.0 kg block of ice across a frozen lake with a rope over his shoulder at an angle above the horizontal as shown below. (Enter the magnitudes. Assume that
friction is not negligible.)
25°
(a) Calculate the minimum force F (in N) he must exert to get the block moving.
(b) What is its acceleration (in m/s?) once it starts to move, if that force
maintained?
m/s²
Transcribed Image Text:A contestant in a winter sports event pulls a 55.0 kg block of ice across a frozen lake with a rope over his shoulder at an angle above the horizontal as shown below. (Enter the magnitudes. Assume that friction is not negligible.) 25° (a) Calculate the minimum force F (in N) he must exert to get the block moving. (b) What is its acceleration (in m/s?) once it starts to move, if that force maintained? m/s²
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