On a winter day, Cody is shoving boxes up a rough plank inclined at an angle . The plank is partially covered with ice , with more ice near the bottom of the plank than near the top, so that the coefficient of friction increases with the distance along the plank : and at the bottom of the plank, ,(For this plank, coefficient of Kinetic and Static friction are equal). Cody shoves a box up the plank so that it leaves the bottom of the plank moving with speed . The minimum possible value of such that the box comes to rest after losing its kinetic energy to friction is . Find the value of
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