Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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Chapter 7, Problem 59P
A child sleds down a frictionless hill whose vertical drop is 7.2 m. At the bottom is a level but rough stretch where the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.51. How far does she slide across the level stretch?
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