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Grade 12Mechanics

Starting from rest a wooden block moves with a velocity of 25ms^-1 along a rough ground and comes to rest. Calculate the distance travelled by the wooden block in the rough surface of coefficient of friction 0.25 .

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6 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Arun
6 Years ago
Initial velocity, u=10ms 
−1
 
 
Displacement, s=50m
 
Final velocity, v=0
 
Acceleration of friction, a=μg=10μms 
−2
 
 
Apply second kinematic equation of motion,
 
 v 
2
 −u 
2
 =2as
 
 0−10 
2
 =2(−10μ)×50
 
 μ=0.1
 
Hence, coefficient of friction is 0.1 
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6 Years ago
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