A bear slides down an incline which is oriented at 17 degrees above horizontal. What is the coefficient of friction between the bear and the incline if the bear moves with a constant velocity?

Explanation:

Assume that the direction down the incline is the +x-direction. We can apply Newton's 2nd law along the x-axis as

where m is the mass of the bear and g is the acceleration due to gravity and acceleration a is zero since the bear is moving with a constant velocity. Along the y-axis, we can write Newton's 2nd law as

Combining these two equations together, we get

Solving for