Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Ashli on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 3:30pm.

You are pulling a suitcase thru the airport at a constant speed. The handle of the suitcase makes an angle of 45 degrees with respect to the horizontal direction. If you pull with a force of 7.5 N parallel to the handle, what is the force of friction acting on the suitcase?

Physics - bobpursley, Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 4:08pm
Wouldn't the cosine function apply here?

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