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What would be the acceleration of a 80 kg box that is being pushed with a force of 20 N but has 5 N of friction on it
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What would be the acceleration of a 80 kg box that is being pushed with a force of 20 N but has 5 N of friction on it

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The correct thing to do is subtract the friction from the action force which is 20, making the result 15 N. I believe the answer for the acceleration would be 0.25 m/s. Hope this helped :)
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