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Consider the system shown in the figure. The rope and pulley have negligible mass, and the pulley is frictionless. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the 8.00-kg block and the tabletop is . The blocks are released from rest.

Use energy methods to calculate the speed of the 6.00-kg block after it has descended 1.50 m.

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