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kinematics29 · Oct 12, 2011, 04:22 PM

A person tosses his car keys on top of his dresser with an initial velocity of 2.0m/s. How far will the keys slide across the dresser if the coefficient of the kinetic friction between the two surfaces is 0.30?

Unknown008 · Oct 13, 2011, 01:35 AM

Well, I would prefer using the energy equations for that.

$KE = Work\ Done\ by\ friction$

$\frac12 mv^2 = Fd$

$F = \mu R$

$R = mg$

And from there, you get:

$\frac12 mv^2 = \mu mgd$

You have v, the initial velocity, you have mu, the coefficient of friction and you have g, the acceleration due to gravity. Find d :)

kinematics29 · Oct 13, 2011, 04:21 PM

Thank you! (: