How much work would it take to horizontally accelerate an object with a mass of #8 kg# to #3 m/s# on a surface with a kinetic friction coefficient of #5 #?
1 Answer
Feb 24, 2018
Recall,
If
Apply Newton's second law to understand the amount of friction you need to overcome in order to push the particle,
Moreover, consider the situation at two instants: (i) at rest, and (ii) having been accelerated to
Hence,
Moreover,
Hence,
where