BackPiles of snow on slippery roofs can become dangerous projectiles as they melt. Consider a chunk of snow at the ridge of a roof with a slope of 24°. As the snow begins to melt, the coefficient of static friction decreases and the snow finally slips. Assuming that the distance from a chunk of snow to the edge of the roof is 6.0 m and the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.20, calculate the speed of the snow chunk when it slides off the roof.
A 1360-kg car pulls a 350-kg trailer. The car exerts a horizontal force of 3.6 x103 N against the ground in order to accelerate. What force does the car exert on the trailer? Assume an effective friction coefficient of 0.15 for the trailer.
A car can decelerate at ax = 3.80m/s2 without skidding when coming to rest on a level road. What would its deceleration be if the road is inclined at 9.3° and the car moves uphill? Assume the same static friction coefficient.
(II) A child slides down a slide with a 28° 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.