If the coefficient of kinetic friction between a 22-kg crate and the floor is 0.30, what horizontal force is required to move the crate at a steady speed across the floor? What horizontal force is required if is zero?
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In a Rotor-ride at a carnival, people rotate in a verticalcylindrically walled room. (See Fig. 5-49). If the roomradius was 5.5 m, and the rotation frequency 0.50 revolutionsper second when the floor drops out, whatminimum coefficient of static friction keeps the people fromslipping down? People on this ride said they were pressedagainst the wall. Is there really an outward force pressingthem against the wall? If so, what is its source? If not, whatis the proper description of their situation (besides nausea)?[Hint: Draw a free-body diagram for a person.] FIGURE 5-49 82.
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The first step in solving 5 problem number 82 trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: In a Rotor-ride at a carnival, people rotate in a verticalcylindrically walled room. (See Fig. 5-49). If the roomradius was 5.5 m, and the rotation frequency 0.50 revolutionsper second when the floor drops out, whatminimum coefficient of static friction keeps the people fromslipping down? People on this ride said they were pressedagainst the wall. Is there really an outward force pressingthem against the wall? If so, what is its source? If not, whatis the proper description of their situation (besides nausea)?[Hint: Draw a free-body diagram for a person.] FIGURE 5-49 82.
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