Applied Physics (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134159386
Author: Dale Ewen, Neill Schurter, Erik Gundersen
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 5RQ
Friction
- a. always acts parallel to the surface of contact and opposite to the direction of motion.
- b. acts in the direction of motion.
- c. is smaller when starting than when moving.
- d. is an imaginary force.
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