A 5 kg block slides down a 9 m long incline that makes an angle of 55 degrees with the horizontal.  The coefficient of kinetic friction between block and incline is 0.49.  Calculate the work done by friction as the block slides.

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A 5 kg block slides down a 9 m long incline that makes an angle of 55 degrees with the horizontal.  The coefficient of kinetic friction between block and incline is 0.49.  Calculate the work done by friction as the block slides.

(Please answer to the fourth decimal place - i.e 14.3225)

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Work done by friction

Wf=-fkd=-μkNd=-μkmgcosθd

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