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Re: A free b.d. and a centripedal force question

Several people have written
F = ma
= kmg

The first part is indubitally correct.
Not so the second part.
Since this is static friction, and k is
the coefficient of static friction, we can
conclude that
F = ma
<= kmg

We cannot conclude any equalities involving k.