In order to decrease the friction an object experiences, you can either change
the surface it sits on or you can_______its weight.

Respuesta :

Answer:

Reduce its weight

Explanation:

For an object on a flat surface, the maximum force of friction experienced by the object is given by:

[tex]F = \mu W[/tex]

where

[tex]\mu[/tex] is the coefficient of friction

W is the weight of the object

As we can see from the formula, there are two ways of reducing the  friction:

- Decreasing [tex]\mu[/tex] --> this coefficient depends on the material and on the roughness of the surface, so this can be changed by changing the properties of the surface

- Decreasing W, the weight --> this can be done by reducing the mass of the object