A student slides her 80.0-kg desk across the level floor of her dormitory room a distance 4.00 m at constant speed. If the coefficient of kinetic friction between the desk and the floor is 0.400, how much work did she do?

A) 128 J
B) 3.14 kJ
C) 26.7 J
D) 1.26 kJ
E) 24.0 J


D

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A uniform meter stick is freely pivoted about the 0.20-m mark. If it is allowed to swing in a vertical plane with a small amplitude and friction, what is the frequency of its oscillations?

A) 0.55 Hz B) 0.66 Hz C) 0.92 Hz D) 1.1 Hz E) 1.3 Hz

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Two objects, one less massive than the other, collide elastically and bounce back after the collision. If the two originally had velocities that were equal in size but opposite in direction, then which one will be moving slower after the collision?

a. The less massive one. b. The more massive one. c. The speeds will be the same after the collision. d. There is no way to be sure without the actual masses.

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