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A file cabinet is sitting on a wooden floor, as shown below. You push on the cabinet, and the cabinet doesn’t move because the frictional force opposes your push. You push harder, and eventually the cabinet begins to slide along the floor. How does the frictional force just before the cabinet started sliding compare to the frictional force when the cabinet is actually sliding? Explain.

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Description: a file cabinet is sitting on a wooden floor as shown below you push on the cabinet and the cabinet doesnt move because the frictional force opposes your push you push harder and eventually t 38531

          A file cabinet is sitting on a wooden floor, as shown below. You push on the
cabinet, and the cabinet doesn’t move because the frictional force opposes your push. You push
harder, and eventually the cabinet begins to slide along the floor. How does the frictional force
just before the cabinet started sliding compare to the frictional force when the cabinet is actually
sliding? Explain.

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University Physics with Modern Physics

Hugh D. Young 14th Edition

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Solved by Expert Paul Gabriel

05/25/2022

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When the cabinet is at rest and you push it, the friction acting is static friction. When the cabinet starts to slide, the friction acting is kinetic or sliding friction. Show more…

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A file cabinet is sitting on a wooden floor, as shown below. You push on the cabinet, and the cabinet doesn’t move because the frictional force opposes your push. You push harder, and eventually the cabinet begins to slide along the floor. How does the frictional force just before the cabinet started sliding compare to the frictional force when the cabinet is actually sliding? Explain.