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2.5 Newton’s Second Law
2.2 Forces and Free-Body Diagrams
1.2 Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration
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The alarm at a fire station rings and a 79.34-kg fireman, starting from rest, slides down a pole to the floor below (a distance of 4.20 m). Just before landing, his speed is 1.36 m/s. What is the magnitude of the kinetic frictional force exerted on the fireman as he slides down the pole?

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