Worksheet Sliding Friction 1

Question force of 400.0 N is required to pull a 1760 N

1. A horizontal
trunk across the floor at constant speed. Find the
coefficient of sliding friction.
FN
FF

What do you know?

Draw a free body diagram.

400.0 N

What are you to find?

What equation uses this variable?

1760 N

Ff
FN

400.0
1760

What equation will enable you to

find Ff ?
What equation will enable you to
find FN?

.227

ma

400.00 FF 0
FF 400.0

ma

FN 1760 0
FN 1760

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2. How
much force must be applied to push a 1.35 kg book
across the desk at constant speed if the coefficient of
sliding friction is 0.30?
What do you know?

FF
m 1.35kg
.30

FN

Draw a free body diagram.

FA

What are you to find?

What equation uses this variable?

FW

What equation will enable you to

find Ff ?

FA

ma

FA FF
FF

FA

Ff

FN

What equation will enable you to

find FN?
What equation will enable you to
find FW?

ma

FW mg
(1.35)(9.81)

0 F f (.30)(FN ) FN FW 0 FW
F f (.30)(13.2)
FN FW
FW
F f 4.0 N

13.2 N

3. A force
of 105 N is applied horizontally to a 20.0 kg box to
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move it across a horizontal floor. If the box has an
acceleration of 3.0 m/s2, find the coefficient of sliding friction.
What do you know?

FF
m
a

105 N

What are you to find?

What equation uses this variable?
What equation will enable you to
find Ff ?

Ff
FN

Draw a free body diagram.

FW

20.0kg
3.0m / s

FN

45
196

What equation will enable you to

find FN?
What equation will enable you to
find FW?

.23

ma

105 FF ma
105 FF (20.0)(3.0)
FF (105 60.0) 45

F
FN
FN

ma
FW
FW

FW

FW mg
(20.0)(9.81)

FW

196N

4.

AQuestion
1500.0 N force is exerted on a 200.0 kg crate to move it
across the floor. If the coefficient of sliding friction is
0.250, what is the crates acceleration?
What do you know?

FF

m 200.0kg
0.250

FN

Draw a free body diagram.

1500.0 N

What are you to find?

What equation uses this variable?

FW

What equation will enable you to

find Ff ?
What equation will enable you to
find FW?

a
F

Ff

ma

FN

FW
F
W
1500 .0 F f ( 200 .0) a
FW
F
(
0
.
250
)
F
f
W
1500.0 490. (200.0)a
F f (0.250 )(1960 ) FW
1010. (200.0)a

5.050m / s 2

FN

Ff

490.N

mg

(200 .0)(9.81)
1960 N

5. A 100.0
kg commuter is standing on a train accelerating at 3.70 m/s2.
Question
what coefficient of static friction must exist between the commuters
feet and the floor to avoid sliding?
FN

What do you know?

Draw a free body diagram.
What are you to find?

FF

What equation uses this variable?

a 3.70m / s
m 100.0kg

Ff

What equation will enable you to

find Ff ?
What equation will enable you to
find FN?

FW

FN

370.

(980.7)

0.377

F
Ff

ma
Ff

ma

(100 .0)( 3.70 )

Ff

370.N

FW

FN

FW

FW

mg

(100 .0)(9.80665 )
FW 980 .7 N

FN

980.7 N

6. A 146
N force is used to pull a 350. N wood block at constant speed
Question
by a rope making an angle of 50.0 with the floor. Find the
coefficient of sliding friction.
FN
Ff

What do you know?

FA

Draw a free body diagram.

FAY
50.0

What are you to find?

FAX

FW

350 . N

FA 146 N

Ff

What equation uses this variable?

What equation will enable you to
find Ff ?
What equation will enable you to
find FN?

FW

FN

93.8

0.394

(238)

FAX

Ff
Ff

ma

F f FAX 0
146 cos(50 .0 )
93.8N

93.8 0
93.8 N

F
FW
FAY

ma

FAY FN 0
146 sin(50 .0 )
112N

350 . 112

FN

FN

238N

7.

A 75.0
kg baby carriage is pushed along a level sidewalk by exerting a force
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of 50.0 N on the handle, which makes an angle of 60.0 with the horizontal.
What is the coefficient of friction between the carriage and the sidewalk?

What do you know?

FN

m 75.0 kg
FA

Ff

Draw a free body diagram.

50 .0 N

What are you to find?

Ff

FN

25.0

FAX
FAY

What equation uses this variable?

60.0

FA

(779)

0.321

FW

FAX

Ff
Ff

ma

F f FAX 0
50 .0 cos(60 .0 )
25.0 N

25.0 0
25.0 N

What equation will enable you to

find Ff ?
What equation will enable you to
find FN?

F
FW
FW
FAY

ma

FAY FN 0 736 43 .3 FN 0
mg (75 .0)(9.81)
FN 779 N
50 .0 sin(60 .0 )
43.3N

736N

A 3.00
kg wood box slides from rest down a 35.0 inclined plane.
Question
How long does it take the box to reach the bottom of the 4.75 m
wood incline? (coefficient of friction = 0.30)

8.

Ff

FWY

FN

What do you know?

FWX

Draw a free body diagram.

What are you to find?
What equation uses this variable?

FW
35.0

m 3.00 kg
0.30

t
x

xO

vO t

v
vO

a
2
1
t
2 at
x
xO

What equation will enable you to

find a?

ma

F f FWX ma
7.23 16.9 3.00a a 3.22m / s 2
Ff
FN (0.30)( 24.1) 7.23N
FN FWY
FWX 29 .4 sin 35

?
4.75m F
FW cos 35.0 24.1N
WY
0
FW mg (3.00)(9.81)
FW 29.4 N

16.9N

A 3.00
kg wood box slides from rest down a 35.0 inclined plane.
Question
How long does it take the box to reach the bottom of the 4.75 m
wood incline? (coefficient of friction = 0.30)

8.

Ff

FWY

FN

What do you know?

FWX

Draw a free body diagram.

What are you to find?
What equation uses this variable?

FW
35.0

m 3.00 kg
0.30

t
x

xO

vO t

v
vO

What equation will enable you to

find a?

a 3.22m / s 2
2
1
4
.
75
0
0
t
(
3
.
22
)
t
2
1
2
t
?
2 at
2(4.75 )
x
4.75m
1.72sec
t
3.22
xO 0

9.

A 65.0
kg crate is to be accelerated at 7.00 m/s2 up an incline making an
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angle of 25.0 angle with the horizontal. If the coefficient of sliding friction
between the crate and the incline is 0.200, how much force is required?

FA

FWY

What do you know?

FN

Draw a free body diagram.

Ff FWX

What are you to find?

What equation uses this variable?

FW

25.0

FW

mg

m 65.0 kg
a

7.00m / s 2
0.200

FA
F ma
FA F f FWX
FA

ma
116 270. (65.0)(7.00)
FA 841N

(65 .0)(9.81)
638N
FWX 638 sin 25 .0
FWX 270 .N

Ff
FN
Ff (.200)(578) 116 N
FN FWY
FWY 638 cos 25 .0
FWY 578 N

10. A 60.0
kg crate is attached to a weight by a cord that passes over a frictionless pulley,
Question
as shown in the diagram. (a) If the coefficient of friction is 0.500, what weight will keep
the crate moving up the 40.0 incline at a constant speed? (b) If the cord is cut when
the crate is at rest at the top of the incline, how far would the crate have slid by the
time its speed reached 7.50 m/s?

FN
FW1X
Ff
40.0

FW

FA

Fw

FW1Y

Draw a free body diagram.

What are you to find?
What equation uses this variable?

0.500
0m / s 2

ma

FA F f FW 1 X ma and FA Fw
FW 1 mg (60 .0)(9.81) 589 N
FW 1X
FW 1 X

FA

FW1

m 60.0 kg
a

What do you know?

589 sin 40 .0 FW 1Y
FW 1Y
379 N

589 cos 40 .0
451 N

Ff
FN

FN (0.500)(451)
FW 1Y

FA 226 379

FA

605N

226N

10. A 60.0
kg crate is attached to a weight by a cord that passes over a frictionless pulley,
Question
as shown in the diagram. (a) If the coefficient of friction is 0.500, what weight will keep
the crate moving up the 40.0 incline at a constant speed? (b) If the cord is cut when
the crate is at rest at the top of the incline, how far would the crate have slid by the
time its speed reached 7.50 m/s?

FN
FW1X

What do you know?

Ff

Draw a free body diagram.

FA disappears and Ff is now up
the incline
What are you to find?

FW1Y
40.0

m 60.0 kg
0.500

v
vO
a
t
x
xO

FW1
7.50m / s
0

v2

vO2

What equation uses this variable?

2a ( x xO )

v 2 vO2
x
2a2 2
( 7.50 ) 0
x
2( 2.55 )

11.0m x

You need to find a

F
FW 1 X

ma
Ff

ma

You know FW1X and Ff

from part A

2.55m / s 2