183_notes:examples:sliding_to_a_stop

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You take a 3 kg metal block and slide it along the floor, where the coefficient of friction is only 0.4. You release the block with an initial velocity of 6,0,0m/s. How long will it take for the block to come to a stop? How far does the block move?

Facts

Lacking

Approximations & Assumptions

Representations

Solution

x:Δpx=FNΔt

y:Δpy=(FNmg)Δt=0

Combining these two equations and writing px=mvx, we have

Δ(mvx)=mgΔt

Δ(vx)=gΔt

\Delta(t) = \dfrac{0 - v_{xi}}\{-g} = \dfrac{v_{xi}}\{g}

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