You are skiing in preparation for a competition. Being adedicated physics studen

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You are skiing in preparation for a competition. Being adedicated physics student, you happen to have a scale with you. Younotice that the mountainside provides you with 346 N of supportforce. The snow under your wooden skis is fairly wet. How muchfriction force acts on your skis as you move down the mountain?Coefficient of friction=0.10 I think based on the table with waxedwood against wet snow a. 34.6 N b. 48. 44 N c. 2471 N d. 3460 N I think all I needed to do was multiply 346 with 0.10 to get34.6, but the problem has me stumped. It asks what the frictionforce is as I move down the mountain, and I assume the frictionforce would change? So could the answer be d, because I would thinkthe friction force is greater as I moved down the mountain. You are skiing in preparation for a competition. Being adedicated physics student, you happen to have a scale with you. Younotice that the mountainside provides you with 346 N of supportforce. The snow under your wooden skis is fairly wet. How muchfriction force acts on your skis as you move down the mountain?Coefficient of friction=0.10 I think based on the table with waxedwood against wet snow a. 34.6 N b. 48. 44 N c. 2471 N d. 3460 N I think all I needed to do was multiply 346 with 0.10 to get34.6, but the problem has me stumped. It asks what the frictionforce is as I move down the mountain, and I assume the frictionforce would change? So could the answer be d, because I would thinkthe friction force is greater as I moved down the mountain.

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The force of friction would remain the same. Force due to friction = normal force * coeffient offriction Normal force is the force that acts against gravity so you donot dig into the surface you are on. Frictional force = (346 N) * (0.10) = 34.6 N

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