Solved: An object with weight is dragged along a horizontal plane by a force acting

Chapter 4, Problem 70

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An object with weight is dragged along a horizontal plane by a force acting along a rope attached to the object. If the rope makes an angle with the plane, then the magnitude of the force is where is a positive constant called the coefficient of friction and where . Show that is minimized when

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