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A 12 kg box is at rest on your kitchen counter, which your cat is pawing at with a horizontal force of 40 N. If the coefficient

of static friction is 0.3, then your cat will succeed in knocking the box off the counter. True or false?

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murzikaleks [220]3 years ago

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Answer; I think it's False.

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