Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections
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Author: Katz, Debora M.
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Chapter 6.4, Problem 6.4CE
Imagine trying to push a heavy sofa across the room. At first you have difficulty getting the sofa to budge, but once it starts to move your task becomes easier.
- a. Does the sofa accelerate for a moment after you get it moving?
- b. Use what you now know about static and kinetic friction to explain what is going on. Why won’t the sofa move at first? Why do you have to apply a stronger and stronger force to get it to move? Why is the force you must apply to keep the sofa moving less than the force you applied just at the instant motion began?
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Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections
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