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Kinetic friction is commonly thought of as the friction between two objects while those two objects slide against each other.

To determine the coefficient of kinetic friction (for an object under the influence of gravity on some surface), one needs to determine the angle at which the sliding object moves at a constant speed down the other object (think of a flat piece of rubber sliding down a flat plank of wood).

This is different from static friction where the sliding object has some applied force to move along a surface, but that object is stationary because of the friction applied by the surface. To determine the coefficient of static friction, one needs to determine the angle at which the sliding object begins to move down the surface.

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