For a block of mass resting on a horizontal rough surface

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Problem

For a block of mass

m

resting on a horizontal rough surface, the maximum static friction just before the block begins to slide is (a)

\mu_k m g

(b)

\dfrac{m g}{\mu_s}

(c)

\mu_s m g

(d)

\mu_s^2 m g