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Answer: A heavy crate rests on the bed of a flatbed truck.
Chapter 19, Problem 19Q(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
Problem 19Q
Problem
A heavy crate rests on the bed of a flatbed truck. When the truck accelerates, the crate stays fixed on the truck, so it, too, accelerates. What force causes the crate to accelerate?
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QUESTION:
Problem 19Q
Problem
A heavy crate rests on the bed of a flatbed truck. When the truck accelerates, the crate stays fixed on the truck, so it, too, accelerates. What force causes the crate to accelerate?
ANSWER:
Solution 19Q: Even though there is no direct force acting the crate, then also we find that it acclerates which is due to friction. Step 1 of 2 Concept: Frictional force also acts on the surface of the bodies in contact whenever their is relative motion between between the two bodies.