A 42 kg seal slides from rest down a ramp into the pool below. The top of the ramp is 1.75 m than the surface of the water and the ramp is inclined at angle 35 degrees above the horizontal. The seal reaches the water with speed of 4.4 m/sec what is work done by kinetic friction  and what is the coefficient of kinetic friction between the seal and the ramp

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A 42 kg seal slides from rest down a ramp into the pool below. The top of the ramp is 1.75 m than the surface of the water and the ramp is inclined at angle 35 degrees above the horizontal. The seal reaches the water with speed of 4.4 m/sec what is work done by kinetic friction  and what is the coefficient of kinetic friction between the seal and the ramp

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