You are given the job of moving a refrigerator with a mass of 1.8 x 102 kg across a horizontal floor. The coefficient of static friction between the refrigerator and the floor is 0.45. Calculate the magnitude of the minimum force that is required just to set the refrigerator into motion.

You are given the job of moving a refrigerator with a mass of 1.8 x 102 kg across a horizontal floor. The coefficient of static friction between the refrigerator and the floor is 0.45. Calculate the magnitude of the minimum force that is required just to set the refrigerator into motion.

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