(a) If half of the weight of a flatbed truck is supported by its two drive wheels, what is the maximum acceleration it can achieve on wet concrete where the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.5 and the coefficient of static friction is 0.7. m/s2 (b) Will a metal cabinet lying on the wooden bed of the truck slip if it accelerates at this rate where the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.3 and the coefficient of static friction is 0,55? O Yes O No (c) Answer both of these questions for the case that the truck has four-wheel drive, and the cabinet is wooden. maximum acceleration m/s2will it slip? O No O Yes

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(a) If half of the weight of a flatbed truck is supported by its two drive wheels, what is the maximum acceleration it can achieve on wet concrete where the coefficient of kinetic friction is
0.5 and the coefficient of static friction is 0.7.
m/s2
(b) Will a metal cabinet lying on the wooden bed of the truck slip if it accelerates at this rate where the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.3 and the coefficient of static friction is 0,55?
O Yes
O No
(c) Answer both of these questions for the case that the truck has four-wheel drive, and the cabinet is wooden.
maximum acceleration
m/s2will it slip?
O No
O Yes
Additional Materials
O Reading
Transcribed Image Text:(a) If half of the weight of a flatbed truck is supported by its two drive wheels, what is the maximum acceleration it can achieve on wet concrete where the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.5 and the coefficient of static friction is 0.7. m/s2 (b) Will a metal cabinet lying on the wooden bed of the truck slip if it accelerates at this rate where the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.3 and the coefficient of static friction is 0,55? O Yes O No (c) Answer both of these questions for the case that the truck has four-wheel drive, and the cabinet is wooden. maximum acceleration m/s2will it slip? O No O Yes Additional Materials O Reading
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