A contestant in a winter sporting event pushes a 32.0 kg block of ice across a frozen lake as shown below. (Enter the magnitudes. Assume that friction is not negligible.)25°(a) Calculate the minimum force F (in N) he must exert to get the block moving.(b) What is its acceleration (in m/s?) once it starts to move, if that force is maintained?m/s2

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A contestant in a winter sporting event pushes a 32.0 kg block of ice across a frozen lake as shown below. (Enter the magnitudes. Assume that friction is not negligible.)
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(a) Calculate the minimum force F (in N) he must exert to get the block moving.
(b) What is its acceleration (in m/s?) once it starts to move, if that force is maintained?
m/s2

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