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Problem Solving with Dissipative Forces
Fig 1
The baseball player slides to a stop in a distance d. In the process, friction removes the player's kinetic energy by doing an amount of work fd equal to the initial kinetic energy.
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"OpenStax College, Nonconservative Forces. February 3, 2013."
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