FRICTION FORCE: CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS (PRACTICE, SET D)

Each question is worth 2 points (1 point for organizing data, 1 point for the correct answer) Total: ___ / 20 marks
Organize your data in the format accepted in your Physics class.

1. A book is slid across a smooth table. If the frictional force is 15 N and the normal force is 45 N, what is the coefficient of
friction? Express your answer with two decimal places.

2. A 0.5 kg hockey puck is slid across ice. If the frictional force is 0.5 N, what is the coefficient of friction between the ice and
puck?

3. A 50 kg rock is pushed through the dirt. If the frictional force is 300 N, what is the coefficient of friction between the ground and
rock?

4. What is the force of friction between a block of ice that weighs 930 N and the ground if µ =0.12?

5. What is the coefficient of friction if it takes 34 N of force to move a box that weighs 67 N?

6. A box takes 350 N to start moving when the coefficient of friction is 0.35. What is the weight of the box?

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7. A 120 Kg log sled accelerates at 1.4 m/s/s when a horse pulls on it. What force must the horse exert if the coefficient of friction
between the ground and the sled is 0.28?

8. Clarice moves a 800-gram set of weights by applying a force of 1.2 N. What is the coefficient of friction?

9. A car has a coefficient of friction between the ground and its tires of 0.85. What is the mass of the car if it takes 9620 N of
force to make it slide along the ground?

10. A 5.0 Kg block has a coefficient of friction of 0.15 on a flat surface. What is its acceleration if you exert a force of 15 N
sideways on it when it is at rest? (Find the friction force first)

FRICTION FORCE: CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS (PRACTICE, SET E)

Each question is worth 2 points (1 point for organizing data, 1 point for the correct answer) Total: ___ / 20 marks
Organize your data in the format accepted in your Physics class.

1. A 10 Kg block is at rest on a level surface. It accelerates from rest to 51.2 m/s in 8 seconds when you exert a force of 100 N
on it sideways. What is the acceleration of the block? What is the force of friction between the surface and the block, and what
is the coefficient of friction?

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2. 320 kg object is pulled on sand with constant velocity. The coefficient of friction between the box and the box is 0.72. Calculate
the weight of the object and the friction force.

3. A car has a mass of 1020 Kg and has a coefficient of friction between the ground and its tires of 0.85. What force of friction
can it exert on the ground? What is the maximum acceleration of this car?

4. A 72 kg grade 7 student who was sliding in the corridor was brought to rest from 7 m/s in 2 s. Calculate his acceleration. What
is the coefficient of friction between the ground and the student?

5. An object of mass 5 kg is placed on a horizontal surface. When a force of 20 N is applied to move the object horizontally and
maintain a constant speed, a friction force of 12 N opposes the motion. Determine the coefficient of friction between the object
and the surface

6. A 120 kg log sled accelerates at 1.4 m/s/s when a horse pulls on it. What force must the horse exert if the coefficient of friction
between the ground and the sled is 0.28?

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7. A horizontal force of 300 N is required to pull a 145 kg trunk across the floor at a constant speed. Find the coefficient of
friction.

8. What is the coefficient of friction between the box with a mass of 50 kg and the ground, if 600 N required to move it.
a. What type of friction is that?

b. When 500 N of force applied the box remained stationary. What type of friction is that?

9. A box with a mass of 25 kg sliding on a floor was initially moving at 25 m/s. The box stopped in 5 seconds. Calculate the
acceleration of the box. Calculate the coefficient of friction.

This friction is kinetic / static because .........................................................................................................

10. A 185 kg crate is pushed horizontally with a force of 800 N. If the coefficient of friction is 0.35, calculate the acceleration of the
crate.

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