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title: "A brick slides on a horizontal surface. Which of the following will increase the magnitude of the frictional force on it? "
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# A brick slides on a horizontal surface. Which of the following will increase the magnitude of the frictional force on it? 

A brick slides on a horizontal surface. Which of the following will increase the magnitude of the frictional force on it?

- **A.** Placing a second brick on top.
- **B.** Decreasing the surface area of contact.
- **C.** Increasing the surface area of contact.
- **D.** Decreasing the mass of the brick.
- **E.** None of these options.

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