Sarah's acceleration is
Explanation:
The force of kinetic friction acting on Sarah has a magnitude which is given by:
where
is the coefficient of kinetic friction
m is Sarah's mass
g is the acceleration of gravity
Moreover, according to Newton's second law of motion, we know that the net force on Sarah is equal to its mass times its acceleration:
where a is the acceleration
Since the force of friction is the only force acting on Sarah, we can say that the net force is equal to the force of friction, therefore:
where the negative sign is due to the fact that the force of friction has a direction opposite to the motion of Sarah. Solving for a, we find
And substituting the following values:
(coefficient of friction)
(acceleration of gravity)
we find:
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