You are dragging your 25-kg backpack with a 200-N force along the ground at an angle of 50° above horizontal. The frictional force is 100 N. (a) What is the normal force? (b) What is the coefficient of friction between your backpack and the floor? (c) What is the acceleration of your backpack?

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The normal force is  161 N, the coefficient of friction is 0.62 and the acceleration is 11.68 m/s^2.

Given that;

Fa = Ff + mgsinθ

Where; Ff =μk FN

Fa = μk FN + mgsinθ

But FN = mgcosθ

Fa = μk mgcosθ + mgsinθ

Since the normal force = mgcosθ, we have;

FN = 25 kg × 10 × cos(50°)

FN = 161 N

For the coefficient of friction;

Ff =  μkFN

μk = Ff/FN

μk = 100N/161 N

μk = 0.62

To obtain the acceleration

Fa = Ff + mgsinθ

Since Ff = 100 N, then

Fa = 100 N + (25 × 10 × sin 50°)

Fa = 292 N

Since;

Fa = ma

a = Fa/m

a = 292 N/25 kg

a = 11.68 m/s^2

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