am designing a ramp to slide boxes down. The angle of the ramp is 35º. A plastic box massing 30 kg has a coefficient of kinetic friction µk of 0.2. Is there enough frictional force to prevent the box from sliding down the ramp? If not, what is the force pulling the box along the incline, and how fast will it accelerate? If the 30 kg box was on a flat surface what would be the minimum force needed to get it moving?

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I am designing a ramp to slide boxes down. The angle of the ramp is 35º. A plastic box massing 30 kg has a coefficient of kinetic friction µk of 0.2. Is there enough frictional force to prevent the box from sliding down the ramp? If not, what is the force pulling the box along the incline, and how fast will it accelerate? If the 30 kg box was on a flat surface what would be the minimum force needed to get it moving?

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