You are conducting an experiment to find the kinetic coefficienct of friction between a 5kg box and a ramp. The ramp has an angle of 25° above the horizontal. You start the box from rest. release it. and let it slide down the ramp. a) If the box starts at a height of 1 meter above the ground. what is the theo- retical value of its velocity at the bottom of the ramp? b) When you do the experiment, you find that the experimental value of the final velocity is 3.5 m/s. How much mechaical energy was “lost”? c) Assume that all of the mechanical energy 'lost' in part b) was due to Friction. Draw a free-body diagram. and determine the magnitude of the Normal Force acting on the box.

You are conducting an experiment to find the kinetic coefficienct of friction between a 5kg box and a ramp. The ramp has an angle of 25° above the horizontal. You start the box from rest. release it. and let it slide down the ramp. a) If the box starts at a height of 1 meter above the ground. what is the theo- retical value of its velocity at the bottom of the ramp? b) When you do the experiment, you find that the experimental value of the final velocity is 3.5 m/s. How much mechaical energy was “lost”? c) Assume that all of the mechanical energy 'lost' in part b) was due to Friction. Draw a free-body diagram. and determine the magnitude of the Normal Force acting on the box.