A contestant in a winter games event pushes a 40.0 kg block of ice across a frozen lake as shown in the figure below. The coefficient of static friction is 0.1 and the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.03. (Assume 0 = 21°.) What is its acceleration (in m/s2) once it starts to move, if that force is maintained?

A contestant in a winter games event pushes a 40.0 kg block of ice across a frozen lake as shown in the figure below. The coefficient of static friction is 0.1 and the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.03. (Assume 0 = 21°.) What is its acceleration (in m/s2) once it starts to move, if that force is maintained?

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Chapter6: Applications Of Newton's Laws

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