Physics chapter6 - Problem 24
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Question 24





A student, along with her backpack on the floor next to her, are in an elevator that is accelerating upward with acceleration a. The student gives her backpack a quick kick at t = 0, imparting to it speed v and causing it to slide across the elevator floor. At time t, the backpack hits the opposite wall a distance L away from the student. Find the coefficient of kinetic friction mk between the backpack and the elevator floor.