What is true about the direction of the force of friction? A. It always points straight down. B. It always opposes the direction

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deff fn [24]

3 years ago

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What is true about the direction of the force of friction? A. It always points straight down. B. It always opposes the direction

of motion. C. It always points straight up. D. It never changes direction.

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Bezzdna [24] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-23T15:07:37+03:00

Bezzdna [24]3 years ago

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The direction of the force of static friction is along the plane of contact, and is opposite to the direction in which there would be relative motion if there was no friction (for example, if one of the surfaces suddenly turned to ice). Hope this helped!