A bedroom bureau with a mass of 40 kg, including drawers and clothing, rests on the horizontal floor. The coefficient of static friction between the bureau and the floor is 0.45 and nothing except the floor is touching the bureau initially.
(a) What is the static friction force on the bureau initially?
(b) Now you pull horizontally with a force of 71 N. What is the magnitude of the static frictional force?
(c) What minimum horizontal force must you apply to start the bureau moving?