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A window scrubber is used to brush up a vertical window as shown in figure.The brush weight 12 N and coefficient of friction of 0.15. Calculate minimumvalue of F required to scrub the window.(A)(B)15 N10.2 N53(D)18.1 N(C)16.9 N33

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