To push a piece of heavy furniture across the carpet usually takes more force to get it moving than it takes to keep is moving. This is because
A) of Newton's first law.
B) of Newton's second law.
C) the static coefficient of friction is larger than the kinetic coefficient.
D) the kinetic coefficient of friction is larger than the static coefficient.
E) of Newton's third law.
C
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a.
straight north
b.
straight east
c.
straight south
d.
straight west
e.
straight up, directly overhead
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A damped oscillator is released from rest with an initial displacement of 10.00 cm. At the end of the first complete oscillation the displacement reaches 9.05 cm. When 4 more oscillations are completed, what is the displacement reached?
a. 7.41 cm b. 6.71 cm c. 6.07 cm d. 5.49 cm e. 5.25 cm
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A. 2.0 ohms B. 0.33 ohm C. 5.5 ohms D. 1.0 ohm E. Zero ohms