You are pushing a 6·kg block across a table so that it is speeding up with...

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You are pushing a 6·kg block across a table so that it isspeeding up with an acceleration of 2·m/s2.

(a) What is the net force acting on the block?______N

(b) In addition to your push, the only other horizontal forceacting on the block is friction. If your push has a magnitude of20·N, what is the magnitude of the frictional force acting on theblock?​ _______N

(c) If you want the block to stop accelerating and instead movewith a constant velocity, what will the magnitude of YOUR forceneed to be? _______ N

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a It is given that the object is moving with an acceleration of2ms2 which is the net acceleration due to all the forces actingon it normal force weight applied    See Answer
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