A 17-year-old employee working for Southern Virginia College's (SVC) bookstore during the summer months is helping prepare for Fall sales. It's a good way to make extra money, and the teen is saving for a car. Books from one supplier are shipped to the SVC bookstore in large crates equipped with rope handles on all sides. On one occasion, the teen momentarily pulled with a force of 695 N at an angle of 33.6° above the horizontal to accelerate a 120-kg crate of books. The coefficient of friction between the crates and the vinyl floor is 0.535. Determine the acceleration experienced by the crate in m/s2. Use the approximationg = 10 m/s?.

A 17-year-old employee working for Southern Virginia College's (SVC) bookstore during the summer months is helping prepare for Fall sales. It's a good way to make extra money, and the teen is saving for a car. Books from one supplier are shipped to the SVC bookstore in large crates equipped with rope handles on all sides. On one occasion, the teen momentarily pulled with a force of 695 N at an angle of 33.6° above the horizontal to accelerate a 120-kg crate of books. The coefficient of friction between the crates and the vinyl floor is 0.535. Determine the acceleration experienced by the crate in m/s2. Use the approximationg = 10 m/s?.

Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections

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Author:Katz, Debora M.

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Chapter5: Newton's Laws Of Motion

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 76PQ: Jamal and Dayo are lifting a large chest, weighing 207 lb, by using the two rope handles attached to...

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