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A box is being pulled to the right. The free body diagram is shown. What is the magnitude of the kinetic frictional force?

25 N
125 N
375 N
500 N

A box is being pulled to the right. The free body diagram is shown. What is the magnitude-example-1

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25N
this is because the kinetic frictional force would be the force opposing the kinetic force to the right
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User StichResist
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The correct answer is 25 N.

A box is pulled to the right and the forces are as shown in the free-body diagram. The applied force which pulls the body is 125 N and is shown on the right hand side of the box. The kinetic friction force has to be in the negative x direction. This is because friction is always in the direction opposite to the motion. The only force in the direction of the negative x-axis is 25 N.

The correct answer is 25 N

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