It looks like you have a good idea of how to solve this; unfortunately, your notation makes it very difficult to follow.
Once you find the normal force (n), you will be working only along the x-axis, so just drop any x-subscripts, so the acceleration is simply a.
Let's let u = the coefficient of kinetic friction, and let T = the angle theta.
I get the equation,
m g sin T - u m g cos T = m a
Simplifying:
u g cos T = g sin T - a
Solve for u.
It looks like you somehow made a "g" -9.81 instead of +9.81.
Remember, g -- as an acceleration -- is a vector; it has direction as well as magnitude. I suspect you introduced a minus sign in an early equation (thus indicating the direction of the vector) and then later used a negative value for g, but magnitudes are always positive.
A block accelerates at 3.3 m/s^2 down a plane inclined at an angle of 26 degrees.Find micro(k) between the block and the inclined plane. The acceleration of gravity is 9.81 m/s^2.
This is my work but i am not sure if it is correct:
sum of forces on x axis= -kinetic friction + mass(gravity) sin theta= mass ( acceleration)x
kinetic friction=fk
sum of forces on y axis=normal force - mg cos theta=ma y
ma y=0
-fk=coefficient of kinetic friction (normal force)
-coefficient(n) + mg sin theta =ma x
-l(-coefficientkf)=(ma x -mg sin theta/n)-1
coeffictientkf=-ma x + mg sin theta/-n
n= mg cos theta
coeffictientkf = -ma x + mgsin theta/-(mg cos theta)
-a x + g sin theta/-g cos theta <-- the masses canceled out
-3.3+9.81 sin 26/ -9.81 cos 26
= -3.694 <-- that cannot be a negative number right?
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