A wooden crate slides along a rough horizontal floor and eventually comes to rest

PHYSICS · Subjective · AP · Physics 1: Algebra-based · Work Energy and Power · Work Energy and Power

Problem

A wooden crate slides along a rough horizontal floor and eventually comes to rest. Explain, in not more than two sentences, why the magnitude of the work done by friction on the crate equals its initial kinetic energy.

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