You are moving boxes into a new apartment. One of the boxes is very heavy, with a mass of 40kg, so you need to push it across the carpet instead of carrying it. If the box is accelerating at 3.2 m/s2 to the right because of your push of 121 N, what is the force of the friction on the box? What is the normal force on the box? What forces are acting on the box?

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You are moving boxes into a new apartment. One of the boxes is very heavy, with a mass of 40kg, so you need to push it across the carpet instead of carrying it. If the box is accelerating at 3.2 m/sto the right because of your push of 121 N, what is the force of the friction on the box? What is the normal force on the box? What forces are acting on the box?

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