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When you slide a box across a floor with friction, where does the energy go?

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Question

When you slide a box across a floor with friction, where does the energy go?

Options

  • Stores as potential energy

  • Disappears completely

  • Converted to heat

  • Increases kinetic energy

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Solution

Converted to heat

Explanation:

Work done against friction is dissipated as heat energy at the contact surface and cannot be recovered.

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