Calculate the force required to pull a stuffed toy duck (mass m = 1.75 kg) at a constant velocity of 3.8 m/s horizontally across the floor if the string is 49.0° above the horizontal. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the duck and the floor is 0.60.

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Calculate the force required to pull a stuffed toy duck (mass m = 1.75 kg) at a constant velocity of 3.8 m/s horizontally across the floor if the string is 49.0° above the horizontal. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the duck and the floor is 0.60.

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