Its More Difficult to Start Moving a Heavy Carton from Rest

question 68

Multiple Choice

Its more difficult to start moving a heavy carton from rest than it is to keep pushing it with constant velocity, because

• A) The normal force is greater when the carton is at rest.
• B) μ_s < μ_k.
• C) Initially, the normal force is not perpendicular to the applied force.
• D) μ_k < μ_s.
• E) μ_s = μ_k.

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