A contestant in a winter games event pushes a 38.0 kg block of ice across a frozen lake as shown in the figure below. The coefficient of static friction is 0.1 and the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.03. (Assume 0 = 27°.) (a) Calculate the minimum force F (in N) he must exert to get the block moving. (b) What is its acceleration (in m/s) once it starts to move, if that force is maintained? m/s2

A contestant in a winter games event pushes a 38.0 kg block of ice across a frozen lake as shown in the figure below. The coefficient of static friction is 0.1 and the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.03. (Assume 0 = 27°.) (a) Calculate the minimum force F (in N) he must exert to get the block moving. (b) What is its acceleration (in m/s) once it starts to move, if that force is maintained? m/s2

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