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What force is required to keep a 245kg wood pallet moving at a constant speed across a concrete floor

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The required force is

(245 kg) x (9.8 m/s²) x (coefficient of kinetic friction between the pallet and the concrete floor.

Force = 2401 μ Newtons

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