bsn117

im sorry, but everything you have said in this thread is wrong. static friction is greater than kinetic friction. the coefficient of friction is a ration of the friction force to the normal force. thats why when you did your experiment with the incline plane and the object, once the object gathered enough force to overcome the static friction, it continues to accelerate, because the kinetic friction is smaller than the static friction, causing the net force to be > 0. its actually quite simple. i'm in 10th grade, and we just learned this. if you think about it logically, it makes no sense for kinetic friction to be greater than friction. if it is, then it will prevent the object form moving in the first place, and that makes it static friction. im not trying to put you down, make fun of you, or make you mad. im just saying that whatever you "learned" about it in school is wrong. i suggest you go back and study.g