A conveyor is moving cans at a constant speed υ0 when, to proceed to the next step in pack...

A conveyor is moving cans at a constant speed υ0 when, to proceed to the next step in packaging, the cans are transferred onto a stationary surface at A. The cans each have mass m, width w, and height h. Assuming that there is friction between each can and the stationary surface, under what conditions would we be able to compute the stopping distance of the cans, using the work-energy principle for a particle?

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