Submission 3 (0.75/1 points) Friday, June 21, 2024 09:25 PM
Consider the 65.0 kg ice skater being pushed by two others shown in the figure.
A
F
F<sub>tot</sub>
F<sub>1</sub>
Free-body diagram
F<sub>2</sub>
F<sub>1</sub>
(a) Find the direction (in degrees) and magnitude (in N) of F<sub>tot</sub>, the total force exerted on her by the others, given that the magnitudes F<sub>1</sub> and F<sub>2</sub> are 24.4 N and 17.4 N, respectively.
direction
35.4 (counterclockwise from the direction of F<sub>1</sub> is positive)
magnitude
30 N
(b) What is her initial acceleration (in m/s²) if she is initially stationary and wearing steel-bladed skates that point in the direction of F<sub>tot</sub>? (Assume the value of μ<sub>s</sub> for steel on ice is 0.04.
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(c) What is her acceleration (in m/s²) assuming she is already moving in the direction of F<sub>tot</sub>? Remember that friction is always in the opposite direction of motion or attempted motion
between surfaces in contact.
0.27 m/s² (in the direction of F<sub>tot</sub>)