College Physics (10th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
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Chapter 5, Problem 32P
|| A stockroom worker pushes a box with mass 11.2 kg on a horizontal surface with a constant speed of 3.50 m/s. The coefficients of kinetic and static friction between the box and the surface are 0.200 and 0.450, respectively. (a) What horizontal force must the worker apply to maintain the motion of the box? (b) If the worker stops pushing, what will be the acceleration of the box?
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