Answer to Question #74799 in Mechanics | Relativity for Callista

Question

C) You have a 2.0 kg block that moves on a linear path on a horizontal surface.
The block is initially moving to the right. The coefficient of kinetic friction
between the block and the path is μk. Attached to the block is a horizontally
mounted massless string as shown in the figure below. The block includes an
accelerometer which records acceleration vs. time. As you increase the tension
in the rope the block experiences an increasingly positive acceleration. At some
point in time the rope snaps and then the block slides to a stop (at a time of 10
seconds). Gravity, with g = 10. m/s2, acts downward.

@t=0, a=1
@t=4, a=5 & -2
@t=10, a=-2 & 0

1) At what time does the string break?
2) What speed did the block have when the string broke?
3) What is the value of µk?
4) Using µk above, what was the tension in the string at t = 2.0 seconds?