An 18 kg box is released on a 37º incline and accelerates down the incline at 0.270 m/s2. Draw a free body diagram.  List the sum of the forces in both the x and y directions, then find the friction force impeding its motion.  How large is the coefficient of kinetic friction?

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An 18 kg box is released on a 37º incline and accelerates down the incline at 0.270 m/s2. Draw a free body diagram.  List the sum of the forces in both the x and y directions, then find the friction force impeding its motion.  How large is the coefficient of kinetic friction?

 

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