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Posted by Maria Ellah on Monday, January 30, 2012 at 6:50am.

A force of 1000 N is applied to a 1200 kg car. If the coefficient of friction is 0.04, what is the car's acceleration?

Physics - drwls, Monday, January 30, 2012 at 6:56am
a = Fnet/m

The net force is
Fnet = 1000 - M*g*Uk
= 1000 - 470.4 = 529.6 N

a = 529.6/1200 = 0.441 m/s^2
Physics - Maria Ellah, Monday, January 30, 2012 at 7:05am
thank you!

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