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Biologists have studied the running ability of the northern quoll, a marsupial indigenous to Australia. In one set of experiments, they studied the maximum speed that quolls could run around a curved path without slipping. One quoll was running at 2.8 m/s around a curve with a radius of 1.6 mm when it started to slip.
What was the coefficient of static friction between the quoll's feet and the ground in this trial?