FIGURE 8-9 an Object with a Mass of 10

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FIGURE 8-9 An object with a mass of 10.0 kg is at rest at the top of a frictionless inclined plane of height 8.00 m and an angle of inclination 30.0° with the horizontal. The object is released from this position and it stops at a distance d from the bottom of the inclined plane along a horizontal surface, as shown in Figure 8-9. The coefficient of kinetic friction for the horizontal surface is 0.400 and g = 10.0 m/s².
-Refer to Figure 8-9. At what horizontal distance from the bottom of the inclined plane will this object stop?

• A) 5.00 m
• B) 10.0 m
• C) 15.0 m
• D) 20.0 m
• E) 25.0 m

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