Physics for Scientists and Engineers
Physics for Scientists and Engineers
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781337553278
Author: Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 12, Problem 46AP

You have been hired as an expert witness in a case involving an injury in a factory. The attorney who hired you represents the injured worker. The worker was told to lift one end of a long, heavy crate that was lying horizontally on the floor and tilt it up so that it is standing on end. He began lifting the end of the crate, always applying a force that was perpendicular to the top of the crate. As the end of the crate got higher, at a certain angle, the bottom of the crate slipped on the floor, and the worker, in trying to recover, stepped forward and the crate landed on his foot, injuring it badly. As part of your investigation, you go to the factory and measure the coefficient of static friction between a crate and the smooth concrete floor. You find it to be 0.340. Prepare an argument for the attorney showing that it was impossible to lift the crate in the manner described without it slipping on the floor.

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