Homework Help: physics

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 8:26am.

a 70 kg box slides along the floor by a 400N force. the coefficient of friction between the box and the floor is 0.50 when the box is sliding. find the acceleration of the box.

physics - drwls, Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 8:45am
Use Fnet = M*a and solve for a

Fnet = Fapplied - Ffriction

Ffriction = M*g*mu_k = 343 N

Put it all together

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