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Alisiya [41]
4 years ago
13

How can you increase the magnitude of friction between two surfaces ? How can you decrease the magnitude of friction

Physics
1 answer:
Mice21 [21]4 years ago
8 0
The frictional force between two surfaces is given by:
F_f = \mu F_p
where
\mu is the coefficienct of friction
F_p 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 \mu (for instance, by making the surfaces more "rough"
2) by increasing F_p, 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 F_p
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