F UBC Engineering Movers are trying to set up an art gallery. They attempt to drag a human-size statue of a soda can with mass m = 110 kg by tying a rope around it. Determine if the movers can drag the statue along the floor without it tipping if the coefficients of static friction and kinetic friction are found to be us = 0.41 and Hk = 0.3, respectively. What is the maximum force the movers can apply without tipping the statue? The can has a height of h = 1.5 m and the rope is tied 1 m off the ground. Assume the statue to be a solid cylinder with radius r = 0.25 m and constant density. Can the statue be dragged without tipping? O No O Yes Frip If the movers can apply the force required for the statue to slip, where is the maximum height they should tie the rope to safely drag the statue? y = m
F UBC Engineering Movers are trying to set up an art gallery. They attempt to drag a human-size statue of a soda can with mass m = 110 kg by tying a rope around it. Determine if the movers can drag the statue along the floor without it tipping if the coefficients of static friction and kinetic friction are found to be us = 0.41 and Hk = 0.3, respectively. What is the maximum force the movers can apply without tipping the statue? The can has a height of h = 1.5 m and the rope is tied 1 m off the ground. Assume the statue to be a solid cylinder with radius r = 0.25 m and constant density. Can the statue be dragged without tipping? O No O Yes Frip If the movers can apply the force required for the statue to slip, where is the maximum height they should tie the rope to safely drag the statue? y = m
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Movers are trying to set up an art gallery. They attempt to drag a human-size statue of a soda can with
110 kg by tying a rope around it. Determine if the movers can drag the statue along the floor
0.41 and
mass m =
without it tipping if the coefficients of static friction and kinetic friction are found to be us =
0.3, respectively. What is the maximum force the movers can apply without tipping the statue? The
1.5 m and the rope is tied 1 m off the ground. Assume the statue to be a solid
can has a height of h
cylinder with radius r = 0.25 m and constant density.
Can the statue be dragged without tipping?
No
Yes
Frip
N
If the movers can apply the force required for the statue to slip, where is the maximum height they should
tie the rope to safely drag the statue?
y =
m
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