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- A baseball player initially running 8.94 m/s slides 5.26 m to a stop at home plate. What is the coefficient of kinetic friction between his uniform and the ground?
Equations: vf2 = vi2 + 2×a×Dx F = ma fk = mkN N = Fg = mg
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