What is the speed at which the librarian raised the shelf

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A copy of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon lies exactly in the middle of an otherwise empty 6.1m long bookshelf in Robarts Library. The coefficient of static friction for the book on the shelf is ?S = 11/60 and the shelf has been polished (so kinetic friction may be neglected). A tall, disgruntled librarian slowly lifts up the one end of the bookshelf at a constant rate, so that it pivots upward, anchored at the opposite end (see Figure 2). After 5.5 seconds, she sees the book begin to slide down the
tilted shelf. She continues to raise her end of the shelf at the same rate, gleefully watching until the book falls onto the floor.

a. What is the speed at which the librarian raised the shelf?

b. Draw a graph of the book's acceleration as a function of time.

c. How long does it take the book to fall off the shelf (measured from the time it starts moving)?

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