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Static friction
Question

If an external force and the frictional force acting on a body cancel each other and keep the body at rest, the frictional force is

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Solution

Since the applied force is balanced by the frictional force , the body is stationary and in equilibrium , so the frictional force is static friction whose magnitude is equal to the static friction .

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