Question

7. Imagine you are pushing a 15 kg cart full of 25 kg of bottled water up a 10o ramp. If the coefficient of friction is 0.02, what is the friction force you must overcome to push the cart up the ramp

Answer 1

Answer:

The frictional force needed to overcome the cart is 4.83N

Explanation:

The frictional force can be obtained using the following formula:

$F= \mu R$

where $\mu$ is the coefficient of friction = 0.02

R = Normal reaction of the load = $mgcos\theta$ = $25 \times 9.81 \times cos 10$ = $241.52N$

Now that we have the necessary parameters that we can place into the equation, we can now go ahead and make our substitutions, to get the value of F.

$F=0.02 \times 241.52N$

F = 4.83 N

Hence, the frictional force needed to overcome the cart is 4.83N