Answer to Question #167055 in Mechanics | Relativity for Olawale Akintola

Question

A 20kg load is dragged along a horizontal surface, if the coefficient of kinetic friction between the load and the surface is 0.23, what is the magnitude of the force applied at angle 30° above the horizontal that results to the load having an acceleration of 0.75m/s² (g= 9.8m/s²)

Answer 1

$$Ox: F-\mu N-mgcos \alpha=ma$$

$$Oy:N-mgsin \alpha=0$$

$$F=m(a+gcos\alpha+\mu g sin\alpha)$$

$$F=20(0.75+9.8\times0.866+0.23\times9.8\times0.5)=207.3 N$$