4th Edition

ISBN: 9780134112039

Author: GIANCOLI

Publisher: PEARSON

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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.

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Chapter 5, Problem 29P

(II) A child slides down a slide with a 34° incline, and at the bottom her speed is precisely half what it would have been if the slide had been frictionless. Calculate the coefficient of kinetic friction between the slide and the child.

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