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U78-3 A force is applied on a block resting on a horizontal plane as F shown in Fig.U78-3. If the coefficient of static friction between the block and the plane is . What is the value of the angle between the force and the horizontal when the force F needed just Fig.U78-3 to move the block is least? A. 0 B. = cos-1 C. = tan-1 D. = sin-1 U83-4 A body of mass 2 kg is placed at rest on the rough surface of a plane inclined at 30 to the horizontal. What is the frictional force exerted on the body by the plane? [Take g = 10 ms2] A. 10 N up the inclined plane B. 10 N down the inclined plane C. 10 2 N up the inclined plane D. 10 2 N down the inclined plane E. 20 N up the inclined plane U88-2 A sportsman runs on a track in a northerly direction. The frictional force of the track on his shoes is _________ A. zero, because he is running and not sliding along the track. B. zero, because action and reaction are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction. C. in a southerly direction, because friction always in a direction opposite to the direction of motion so as to oppose motion. D. in a northerly direction, because it is the friction between the track and his shoes which allows him to run on that direction. U94-4 A wooden block remains stationary on an inclined plane which is 10 m long and having one end raised by 1m. If the weight of the block is W, then it indicates that existing between the block and the plane, _________________A. the maximum static friction is W B. the maximum static friction is W 10 C. the static friction is W D. the static friction is W
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U97-6 A body of weight W rests on a rough plane surface. Which of the graphs in Fig.2 correctly shows the relationship between the frictional force f and the slanting angle , when the plane surface is raised by one end slowly and the body still remains at rest?
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U2k-9 An object of 50 N rests on a horizontal long plank. Then one end of the plank is raised slowly. When the inclined angle of the plank is 30, the object tends to slip down. The coefficient of static friction between the object and the inclined plank is ________. A. 0.87 B. 0.63 C. 0.58 D. 0.5 U2k03-P2 (a) Describe briefly how to measure the angle of static friction between a block and a piece of wooden plank. (b) As shown in Fig.U2k03-P2b, objects A and B of masses mA and mB respectively are placed closely together on a fixed inclined plane with an angle of inclination . When a horizontal force F is acting on object A, the two objects move upwards with uniform acceleration a along the inclined plane. The coefficient of sliding friction is . (i) Draw the force diagrams of A and B separately; (ii) If F = 70 N, mA = 3 kg, mB = 5 kg, = 30, and = 0.2, determine the value of a; (iii)Find the force that A exerts on B during the upward motion. Fig.U2k03-P2b

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U2k1-P3 A long plank with rough surface was inclined at an angle 30 with the horizontal plane. An object P of 10 N was just able to rest on the inclined plank. (a) When there was a small disturbance, object P began to slide down from rest with an acceleration of 1 ms2. Find the following between the plank and the object P: (i) the static coefficient of friction; (ii) the sliding coefficient of friction. (b) The plank was lowered down to the horizontal position. Object P was connected to another object Q by a sting over a pulley, as shown in Fig.U2k1-P3b. The third object X was put on top of P and the system remained at rest. If Q is 12 N and the coefficient of friction between P and X was 1.5 times that between P and the plank, (i) Find the minimum weight of X. (ii) If X was connected by a light string to the wall and object Y was added to Q so that P moved at a uniform speed as shown in Fig.U2k1-P3b(ii). Find the weight of Y. (iii) Find the acceleration of the system of P, Y and Q when P was out of contact with X. [Take g = 10ms2]
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