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Homework Statement
A student decides to move a box of books into her dormitory room by pulling on a rope attached to the box. She pulls with a force of 80.0 N at an angle of 21.0° above the horizontal. The box has a mass of 25.0 kg, and the coefficient of kinetic friction between box and floor is 0.300. Find the acceleration of the box.
2. The attempt at a solution
Since the student is pulling with a 80.0 N force at a 21 degree angle, the x component would be
Fx = 80cos(21)
The frictional force would be .3(25)(9.8)
So therefore the net force in the x direction is
80cos(21) - .3(25)(9.8) = 1.18643412 N
To find acceleration divide the previous result by mass
1.18643412/25 = .047457 m/s2
I put this answer in; however the online homework marked me wrong. I've double checked my work many times and I don't see what I'm doing wrong. Any help would be appreciated