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Chapter 5 Problem 4

Question

When you push a piece of chalk across a chalkboard, it sometimes screeches because it rapidly alternates between slipping and sticking to the board. Describe this process in more detail, in particular explaining how it is related to the fact that kinetic friction is less than static friction. (The same slip-grab process occurs when tires screech on pavement.)

Solution

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When the chalk is pushed along the board, it encounters kinetic friction. However the chalk also encounters static friction at each interval.

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Title College Physics  1 
Author Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs
ISBN 9781938168000

Solved: When you push a piece of chalk across a

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