It does produce 'sound' ... a compression wave traveling through the air. But your ears don't hear a sound that's vibrating less than 20 or 30 times every second. If you could swing your pendulum that fast, you could hear the sound of its vibrations pushing the air around.
<span>This problem is relatively simple, in order to solve this problem the only formula you need to know is the formula for friction, which is:
Ff = UsN
where Us is the coefficient of static friction and N is the normal force.
In order to get the crate moving you must first apply enough force to overcome the static friction:
Fapplied = Ff
Since Fapplied = 43 Newtons:
Fapplied = Ff = 43 = UsN
and it was given that Us = 0.11, so all you have to do is isolate N by dividing both sides by 0.11
43/0.11 = N = 390.9 which is approximately 391 or C. 3.9x10^2</span>