** 32. A 10-kg block rests on a table for which the coefficient of static friction between the block and the tabletop is exactly 0.4. The block is connected to a knot by a horizontal string. Another block hangs from the knot, and another string goes up at an angle 30° to a wall, as shown at right. How large can the mass m be before the 10-kg block begins to move to the 30 10 kg right?

** 32. A 10-kg block rests on a table for which the coefficient of static friction between the block and the tabletop is exactly 0.4. The block is connected to a knot by a horizontal string. Another block hangs from the knot, and another string goes up at an angle 30° to a wall, as shown at right. How large can the mass m be before the 10-kg block begins to move to the 30 10 kg right?

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Chapter4: The Laws Of Motion

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Problem 13WUE: A block of mass m1= 10 kg is on a frictionless table to the left of a second block of mass m2 = 24...

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