Question

HELP PLEASE
the children at the local park think the slide is too slow there's two friction what can you do to decrease the amount of friction on the slide?
Ill give you brainlist if its right or what I'm looking for.

Answer 1

There are a number of ways to reduce friction:

Make the surfaces smoother. Rough surfaces produce more friction and smooth surfaces reduce friction. Some swimmers wear suits to reduce underwater resistance. These suits mimic the smooth skin of sharks.

Lubrication is another way to make a surface smoother. A lubricant is a slippery substance designed to reduce the friction between surfaces. You might use oil to stop a door from squeaking - the oil reduces the friction in the hinge. Water can be used as a lubricant - think of how a floor becomes slippery after it has been mopped.

Make the object more streamlined. A streamline shape is one that allows air or water to flow around it easily, offering the least resistance. Compare a boxy old car with a new car that has a rounded shape, allowing it to move with less effort.

Reduce the forces acting on the surfaces. The stronger the forces acting on the surfaces, the higher the friction, so reducing the forces would reduce the friction. If you apply the handbrake when you try to drive a car, the car will have a lot of difficulty moving because of the force immobilising (stopping the movement of) the wheels. If you release the handbrake, the wheels will move more freely because there is no extra force acting on them.

Reduce the contact between the surfaces. Have you ever tried to roll a cube? Spheres are the best shape for reducing friction because very little of a spherical object is in contact with the other surface. Several types of wheels, such as skateboard wheels, contain small spheres called ball bearings to reduce the friction between the moving parts. You can witness the effect of ball bearings by comparing the friction between sliding a book on a table and then doing the same, but using marbles between the book and the surface of the table. Notice how the marbles act as ball bearings, reducing the friction.

Answer 2

Answer:

In order to decrease the friction on the slide,

we could try some of these:

-- Install a drippy pipe across the top that keeps continuously

dripping olive oil on the top end of the slide.  The oil oozes

down the slide and keeps the whole slide greased.

-- Hire a man to spread a coat of butter on the whole slide,

every 30 minutes.

-- Spray the whole slide with soapy sudsy water, every 30 minutes.

-- Drill a million holes in the slide, and pump high-pressure air

through the holes.  Make the slide like an air hockey table.

-- Keep the slide very cold, and keep spraying it with a fine mist

of water.  The water freezes, and a thin coating of ice stays on

the slide.

-- Ask a local auto mechanic to please, every time he changes

the oil in somebody's car, to keep all the old oil, and once a week

to bring his old oil to the park, to spread on the slide.  If it keeps

the inside of a hot car engine slippery, it should do a great job

keeping a simple park slide slippery.

-- Keep a thousand pairs of teflon pants near the bottom of the ladder

at the beginning of the slide.  Anybody who wants to slide faster can

borrow a set of teflon pants, put them on before he uses the slide, and

return them when he's ready to go home from the park.