We are given the mass of an <span>aluminum sculpture which is 145 kg and a horizontal force equal to 668 Newtons. The coefficient of friction can be determined by dividing the horizontal force by the weight of the object. In this case, 668 N / 145 * 9.8 equal to coeff of friction of 0.47</span>
Answer:
1200 W
Explanation:
Power is given by the ratio between work done and time taken:

where W is the work done and t the time taken.
In this problem, W = 3600 J and t = 3.0 s. Therefore, the power in this exercise is

The frictional force between two surfaces is given by:

where

is the coefficienct of friction

is the force with which one surface is pushed against the other one
Looking at the formula, we see that there are two possible ways to increase the friction:
1) by increasing the coefficient of friction

(for instance, by making the surfaces more "rough"
2) by increasing

, the force with which one surface is pushed against the other
Similarly, in order to decrease the friction, the two possible ways are:
1) by reducing the coefficient of friction
2) by reducing the force