Homework Help: Pyhsics

Posted by Shane on Monday, October 19, 2009 at 9:20am.

A sled slides down a snow-covered hill at CONSTANT SPEED. If the hill makes an ANGLE of 10degrees ABOVE THE HORIZONTAL, WHAT IS THE COEFFICIENT OF KINETIC FRICTION BETWEEN THE SLED AND THE SNOW?

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Physics - bobpursley, Monday, October 19, 2009 at 9:41am
Well, constant speed means no net force, so friction must equal the component of weight down the hill

mg*mu*cosTheta=mg*SinTheta

TanTheta=mu
check my thinking.

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