I'm placed 35 kilograms of leaves onto a plastic tarp, and am dragging it across the lawn. The force I'm pulling with is 200N, directed 30 degrees above the horizontal. Friction coefficients between the tarp and the lawn are µs = 0.5 and µx = 0.3. a.) roughly to scale. Draw a free body diagram of the tarp-full-of-leaves, including all relevant forces drawn b.) What normal force is acting on the tarp full of leaves? Am I pulling hard enough to get the tarp moving? If not, how hard would I have to pull? If so, what acceleration will the leaf pile have? с.)

I'm placed 35 kilograms of leaves onto a plastic tarp, and am dragging it across the lawn. The force I'm pulling with is 200N, directed 30 degrees above the horizontal. Friction coefficients between the tarp and the lawn are µs = 0.5 and µx = 0.3. a.) roughly to scale. Draw a free body diagram of the tarp-full-of-leaves, including all relevant forces drawn b.) What normal force is acting on the tarp full of leaves? Am I pulling hard enough to get the tarp moving? If not, how hard would I have to pull? If so, what acceleration will the leaf pile have? с.)

University Physics Volume 1

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Chapter6: Applications Of Newton's Laws

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Problem 6.7CYU: Check Your Understanding A block of mass 1.0 kg rests on a horizontal surface. The frictional...

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