Physics (5th Edition)
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Author: James S. Walker
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 7, Problem 70GP
A boy pulls a bag of baseball bats across a ball field toward the parking lot. The bag of bats has a mass of 6.80 kg, and the boy exerts a horizontal force of 24.0 N on the bag. As a result, the bag accelerates from rest to a speed of 1.12 m/s in a distance of 5.25 m. What is the coefficient of kinetic friction between the bag and the ground?
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