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A stonemason is dragging a 60-kg marble block 4 m across a floor by pulling on a rope attached to the block. He pulls with a horizontal force of 210 N. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the floor is 0.30. The next five questions have to do with this scenario. Draw yourself a free-body diagram on the block.
How much work was done by the stonemason in dragging this block?
| a. | 
 100 J  | 
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| b. | 
 560 J  | 
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| c. | 
 840 J  | 
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| d. | 
 1230 J  | 
Add up the y-components, ΣFy, and determine the normal force the floor exerts upward on the block.
| a. | 
 588 N  | 
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| b. | 
 345 N  | 
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| c. | 
 279 N  | 
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| d. | 
 126 N  | 
Using your result from above, calculate the kinetic frictional force between the block and the floor.
| a. | 
 45.6 N  | 
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| b. | 
 56.7 N  | 
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| c. | 
 98.5 N  | 
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| d. | 
 176.4 N  | 
Determine the work done by friction.
| a. | 
 345.2 J  | 
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| b. | 
 -705.6 J  | 
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| c. | 
 -980.1 J  | 
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| d. | 
 1257.9 J  | 
Add up the x-components, ΣFx , and determine the block's acceleration.
| a. | 
 3.7 m/s2  | 
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| b. | 
 0.91 m/s2  | 
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| c. | 
 0.56 m/s2  | 
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| d. | 
 0.38 m/s2  |