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Textbook Solutions for Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics

Chapter 6 Problem 45P

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Problem 45P

You and your friend Peter are putting new shingles on a roof pitched at 25°. You’re sitting on the very top of the roof when Peter, who is at the edge of the roof directly below you, 5.0 m away, asks you for the box of nails. Rather than carry the 2.5 kg box of nails down to Peter, you decide to give the box a push and have it slide down to him. If the coefficient of kinetic friction between the box and the roof is 0.55, with what speed should you push the box to have it gently come to rest right at the edge of the roof?

Solution

Step 1 of 3

 

Here we have to find the speed at which we should push the box, so that it will come to rest right at the edge.

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Title Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics 3 
Author Randall D. Knight
ISBN 9780321740908

You and your friend Peter are putting new shingles on a

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