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    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Gettysburg_College/Gettysburg_College_Physics_for_Physics_Majors/19%3A_N5)_Friction/19.03%3A_More_Examples
      The ramp makes an angle of 15\(^\circ\) with respect to the floor, the mass of the penguin is 45 kg, and the coefficient of static friction between the penguin and the ramp is 0.20. In the figure on t...The ramp makes an angle of 15\(^\circ\) with respect to the floor, the mass of the penguin is 45 kg, and the coefficient of static friction between the penguin and the ramp is 0.20. In the figure on the left, will the penguin slide down the ramp or not? Now I tie a rope to the penguin, as shown in the figure on the right. Which child will win the race, assuming the only forces acting on them are gravity and the contact force between the ice and sleds?

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