5 Displacement and Force in Two Dimensions

2 Friction
MAINIDEA
Write the Main Idea for this section.

REVIEW VOCABULARY Recall and write the definition of the Review Vocabulary term.
force force

NEW VOCABULARY Use your book to answer the questions below.

kinetic friction 1. Compare and contrast kinetic friction and static friction.
static friction
coefficient of kinetic
friction
coefficient of static
friction

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2. The slope of a line on a kinetic friction force v. normal force graph

is called the coefficient of

kinetic friction and relates the friction force to normal force.

3. In the equation for the maximum static force, μs is the  

between two surfaces.

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 2 Friction (continued)
Student Edition, pp. 130–132 Describe the influence of static and kinetic friction when you are pushing
a couch.

GET IT? Identify the two factors that affect friction forces.

Write the equation for the kinetic friction force in the box, and state the
equation in words on the lines below.
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Write the equation for the static friction force in the box, and state the
equation in words on the lines below.

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2 Friction (continued)
Student Edition, pp. 132–133 Describe how coefficients of friction are measured, and identify factors
that can affect those measurements.

Complete the table below using your textbook.

Typical Coefficients of Friction*

Surfaces Coefficient of static Coefficient of kinetic
friction (μs) friction (μk)
Glass on glass

Oak on oak

Steel on steel

*All measurements are for dry surfaces unless otherwise stated.

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Use with Example Problem 3. TRY IT !

Use this column for Problem

BALANCED FRICTION FORCES You push a 35.5-kg wooden box across a
scratch work and
wooden floor at a constant speed of 1.5 m/s. The coefficient of kinetic
sketches. friction is 0.15. How large is the force that you exert on a box?
1. ANALYZE AND SKETCH THE PROBLEM

KNOWNS

m = v =

a = μk =

UNKNOWN

= ?

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 2 Friction (continued)
Student Edition, p. 133 TRY IT ! (CONTINUED)
2. SOLVE FOR THE UNKNOWN

The normal force is in the y-direction, and the box does not accelerate in
that direction.

The pushing force is in the x-direction; v is constant, thus the box does
not accelerate.

3. EVALUATE THE ANSWER

• Does the answer make sense?

SUMMARIZE
How does the MAINIDEA for this section relate to the chapter’s BIGIDEA?
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REVIEW IT !
27. MAINIDEA Compare static friction and kinetic friction. How are the frictional forces
similar, and how do the forces differ?

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28. Friction At a wedding reception, you notice a boy who looks like his mass is about
25 kg running across the dance floor then sliding on his knees until he stops. If the
coefficient of kinetic friction between the boy’s pants and the floor is 0.15, what is the
friction force acting on him as he slides?

29. Velocity Dinah is playing cards with her friends, and it is her turn to deal. A card has a
mass of 2.3 g, and it slides 0.35 m along the table before it stops. If the coefficient of
kinetic friction between the card and the table is 0.24, what was the initial speed of the
card as it left Dinah’s hand?

30. Force The coefficient of static friction between a 40.0-kg picnic table and the ground
below that table is 0.43. How large is the greatest horizontal force that could be exerted
on the table without moving the table?

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31. Acceleration You push a 13-kg table in the cafeteria with a horizontal force of 20 N,
but the table does not move. You then push the table with a horizontal force of 25 N,
and it accelerates at 0.26 m/s2. What, if anything, can you conclude about the
coefficients of static and kinetic friction?

32. Critical Thinking Rachel is moving to a new apartment and puts a dresser in the back
of her pickup truck. When the truck accelerates forward, what force accelerates the
dresser? Under what circumstances could the dresser slide? In which direction?

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