A truck is traveling at 14.7 m/s down a hill when the brakes on all four wheels lock. The hill makes an angle of 19 ° with respect to the horizontal. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the tires and the road is 0.789. How far, in meters, does the truck skid before coming to a stop?

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Static and Kinetic Friction

Kinetic friction comes into existence when there are moving surfaces means in other words we can say that the force which comes into existing between moving surfaces is known as kinetic friction.