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Transcribed Image Text:A 12.5 kg box slides down a ramp that is inclined at 20.0° above the horizontal. If the
coefficient of kinetic friction between the box and the ramp is 0.120 then what is the
acceleration of the box as it slides down the ramp? Include a force (or free-body) diagram of
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