An object with a mass of 7 kg is on a surface with a kinetic friction coefficient of 8 . How much force is necessary to accelerate the object horizontally at 31 m/s^2?

1 Answer
Dec 30, 2015

I found 765.8N (but check my maths!). Ciao.

Explanation:

Have a look:
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So we get that:
N=W=mg=7*9.8=68.6N
From the first equation (alomg x) we get:
F-mu_kN=ma
F=(8*68.6)+(7*31)=765.8N