A contestant in a winter sporting event pushes a 45.0-kg block of ice across a frozen lake

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A contestant in a winter sporting event pushes a 45.0-kg block of ice across a frozen lake as shown in Figure 5.21(a).

(a) Calculate the minimum force F he must exert to get the block moving.

(b) What is the magnitude of its acceleration once it starts to move, if that force is maintained?

25 F (a) 10 F' 25 (b)

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