Calculate the net work done on the piano

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A 350kg piano slides 3.8m down a 33^\circ incline and is kept from accelerating by a man who is pushing back on it parallel to the incline (see the figure(Figure 1) ). The effective coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.35.

A. Calculate the force exerted by the man. two significant figures

B. Calculate the work done by the man on the piano.

C. Calculate the work done by the friction force.

D. Calculate the work done by the force of gravity.

E. Calculate the net work done on the piano.

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