HW Set IV– page 3 of 6
PHYSICS 1401 (1) homework solutions
8-42 A worker pushed a 27 kg block 9.2 m along a level floor at constant speed with a
force directed 32° below the horizontal. If the coefficient of kinetic friction between
block and floor was 0.20, what were
(a) the work done by the worker's force and
(b) the increase in thermal energy of the block–floor system?