if the coefficient of friction between the crate and the bed of the truck is 0.75, what is the maximum rate the driver of the truck can accelerate and still avoid having the crate slide?

The whale was a missile blasting from beneath the surface.  2.) a majestic whale leapt skyward before diving back into the sea.    these are both figurative language. this is so because the whale in sentence "1" was not actually a missile, nor was it actually blasting. now, for sentence "2", a whale can not actually "leap".

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