Wrong, "Dr. D". I had already worked the problem and I was just hung up because I thought the block maintained acceleration. Thanks to LowlyPion, I DID learn something.
Thanks very much! Using what you said that there is no acceleration from the block when it is on the flat surface, I figured out that the distance will be 7.434 meters and that is the correct answer! Thanks very much!
However, I do not fully understand: Why does the block lose its...
Thanks for the reply, but I think I did both of those. I said that Friction is equal to (.22) which is the coefficient of friction times the normal force. If I divide by mass, I get the acceleration in the x-direction due to friction, which is .22g = 2.156 m/s^2.
I drew a new block diagram...
Homework Statement
A block starts from rest at a height of 3.1 m on a fixed inclined plane. The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 .
If the block continues to slide on the ground with the same coefficient of friction, how far
will the block slide on the ground until coming to rest?
µ =...