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You pull a short refrigerator with a constant force across a
greased (frictionless) floor, either with horizontal (case 1) or with
tilted upward at an angle u (case 2). (a)What is the ratio of the refrigerator’s
speed in case 2 to its speed in case 1 if you pull for a certain
time t? (b) What is this ratio if you pull for a certain distance d?
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