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Static friction is not a fixed force but a ceiling: it matches whatever you apply, up to mu(s) times the normal force, and only then lets go. A 30 kg block with mu(s) = 0.45 resists up to 132 N, so a 100 N push moves nothing at all. Past the limit the object accelerates on the smaller kinetic friction.
Friction ceiling
F(max) = mu(s) x N, with N = mg on the level
Motion test
slides when applied force > F(max)
Static friction coefficients run above kinetic ones, so the force drops once contact is broken - which is why a pushed object often lurches forward.
Roughly, but use the kinetic coefficient once moving. The surplus over static friction is only the instant of breakaway.