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A box is being pulled by two ropes. Eduardo pulls to the left with a force of 500 N, and Clara pulls to the right with a force of 200 N. The box moves because of the two forces applied to it. Leon records the forces and direction of the forces acting on the box in his lab notebook.
A 2 column table with 5 rows. Column 1 is labeled Force with entries Normal, Tension by Eduardo, Tension by Clara, Kinetic friction, Gravity. Column 2 is labeled Direction of Force Vector with entries Upward, Left, Right, Left, Downward.
In the table, which force has the wrong direction?
Tension by Eduardo
Tension by Clara
Kinetic friction
Gravity
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Kinetic friction.
Because the box moves left (Eduardo's 500 N > Clara's 200 N), kinetic friction acts opposite the motion — to the right — not to the left.
Because the box moves left (Eduardo's 500 N > Clara's 200 N), kinetic friction acts opposite the motion — to the right — not to the left.
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