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A flatbed truck is carrying an 800-kg load of timber that is not tied down. The maximum friction force that the truck bed exerts on the load is 2400 N. What is the greatest acceleration that the truck can have without losing its load?
 
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The mass of Pluto is 1.31  1022 kg and its radius is 1.15  106 m. What is the acceleration of a freely-falling object at the surface of Pluto if it has no atmosphere? (G = 6.67  10-11 N  m2/kg2 )
 
  A) 9.81 m/s2 B) 1.62 m/s2 C) 3.72 m/s2 D) 0.661 m/s2 E) 0.140 m/s2


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Reply #1 on: Jul 29, 2018
Answer to Question 1

3.0 m/s2

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