A mover pushes a 30.0 kg crate across a wooden floor at a constant speed of 0.75 m/s. If the coefficient of static friction for wood-on-wood is 0.20, how much force does the mover exert on the crate?

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A mover pushes a 30.0 kg crate across a wooden floor at a constant speed of 0.75 m/s. If the coefficient of static friction for wood-on-wood is 0.20, how much force does the mover exert on the crate?

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Answer 1 · 2015-12-04T18:14:35

I found $58.8N$

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I think you have the coefficient of Kinetic Friction considering that the crate is moving and also from the literature:
![http://www.alanpedia.com/physics_friction/http://friction.html](https://useruploads.socratic.org/CXNwuGD2SwCZ4Z9cQYvP_fric.jpg)
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A mover pushes a 30.0 kg crate across a wooden floor at a constant speed of 0.75 m/s. If the coefficient of static friction for wood-on-wood is 0.20, how much force does the mover exert on the crate?

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