Week 4: Application of Newton’s Laws

Learning Objectives

After going through this unit activities carefully, you should be able to

• Describe the various types of friction.
• Calculate the magnitude of static and kinetic friction.
• Apply a problem-solving procedure to solve problems using Newton’s laws of motion.

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