Question

Movers are looking to lower a cabinet out of an open window to a mattress on the ground below. One end of a rope is tied to a 188 kg dresser, looped through a pulley, and the other end of the rope is tied to a cabinet. If the coefficient of kinetic friction between the dresser and floor is 0.590 and the tension on the rope is 1.98×10³ N, what is the mass of the cabinet?

a. 392 kg
b. 101 kg
c. 136 kg
d. 97.4 kg

Answer 1