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Force of Friction Worksheet

This document contains a friction worksheet with 12 problems involving calculating forces of friction given coefficients of friction and other variables like mass, acceleration, and applied forces. The problems cover scenarios like a hockey player skating, applying brakes in a car, a tractor pulling a plough, pushing crates, and forces required to start or keep boxes moving.

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Force of Friction Worksheet

This document contains a friction worksheet with 12 problems involving calculating forces of friction given coefficients of friction and other variables like mass, acceleration, and applied forces. The problems cover scenarios like a hockey player skating, applying brakes in a car, a tractor pulling a plough, pushing crates, and forces required to start or keep boxes moving.

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Friction Worksheet Name:________________

1. A 70kg hockey player is skating on steel skates. What is the force of friction on the ice? (
between steel on ice is 0.010)

2. The driver on a 1500kg car puts on the brakes on a concrete road. Calculate the force of friction
on:
a. Dry road =0.70

b. Wet road =0.30

3. A tractor ploughing a field is pulling at a constant velocity with a force of 880N on a 100kg
plough. What is the coefficient of friction ()?

4. A horizontal force of 300N is needed to push a crate along the floor at a constant speed. What is
the friction force on the crane?

5. A box weighing 800N is to be pushed across the floor by a horizontal force. If the coefficient of
static friction is 0.80 and the kinetic friction is 0.60, how large a force is required to start the box
moving? To keep it moving?

6. The coefficient of friction between a 6.0kg box and the floor is 0.30. How large a horizontal force
is needed to give the box an acceleration of 4.0m/s2?

7. The coefficient of friction between a 4.0kg box and the floor is 0.60. How large a horizontal force
is necessary to give the box an acceleration of 2.0m/s2?
8. A 10kg block sites on a level surface, and a horizontal force of 50N is applied to the block.
a. If s = 0.75 does the block move?

b. If not, how great a force would be required to move it; if so, what is the acceleration of
the box?

9. A wooden box weighing 22.7kg is placed on a flat wooden table. If  = 0.70, what is the
horizontal force required to overcome friction and just cause the box to slide?

10. To slide a metal puck across a greased sheet of metal at a constant speed requires a force of
0.525N. If the force of gravity on the puck is 5.00N, what is the coefficient of friction between
the puck and the greased metal?

11. The force of gravity on a wooden crate is 560N. It can be pushed along a certain floor at a steady
speed if a horizontal force of 224N is applied to it.
a. How much horizontal force will be needed to move a stack of 2 grades at the same
steady speed?

b. What if the crates are side by side?

12. The coefficient of kinetic friction between a rubber disc and the ice is 0.0050. If the force of
friction is 0.25N, what is the force of gravity on the rubber disc?

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