Given: The automobile has a mass of 2000 kg and a coefficient of friction of 0.3.
Find: The smallest magnitude of F required to move the car if the back brakes are locked and the front wheels are free to roll (assume only normal contact force at the front).
STATICS, Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies
Images from Hibbeler, Statics, 15th ed.
Video by Carmen Muller-Karger, Ph.D
Florida International University
