A Block Slides Across a Rough Horizontal Table Top

question 28

Multiple Choice

A block slides across a rough horizontal table top. The work done by friction changes:

• A) only the kinetic energy
• B) only the potential energy
• C) only the internal energy
• D) only the kinetic and potential energies
• E) only the kinetic and thermal energies

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