A 2.0 kg box is placed on a wooden board with a static coefficient of friction= 0.2 and a kinetic coefficient of friction= 0.1. You slowly raise one side of the board until the box begins to slide. a) What will be the angle of the inclination of the board? b) Keeping the board at that angle, what will be the acceleration of the box?

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A 2.0 kg box is placed on a wooden board with a static coefficient of friction= 0.2 and a kinetic coefficient of friction= 0.1. You slowly raise one side of the board until the box begins to slide.

a) What will be the angle of the inclination of the board?

b) Keeping the board at that angle, what will be the acceleration of the box?

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