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A point mass m is moving along inclined plane with acceleration a with respect to smooth triangular block. The triangular block is moving horizontally with acceleration a0. The value of a is

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A steel block of 10 kg rests on a horizontal floor as shown. When three iron cylinders are placed on it as shown, the block and cylinders go down with an acceleration 0.2 m s-2. The normal reaction R' by the floor if mass of the iron cylinders are equal and of 20 kg each is in N,

[Take g=10 m s-2 and μs=0.2

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On a smooth plane surface (figure) two block A and B are accelerated rightwards by applying a force 15 N on A. If mass of B is twice that of A, the force on B is

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An inclined plane making an angle of 30° with the horizontal is placed in a uniform horizontal electric field 200NC as shown in the figure. A body of mass 1 kg and charge 5 mC is allowed to slide down from rest at a height of 1 m. If the coefficient of friction is 0.2, find the time taken by the body to reach the bottom.
g=9.8 m s-2; sin30°=12; cos30°=32

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An object of mass m is being moved with a constant velocity under the action of an applied force of 2 N along a frictionless surface with following surface profile.

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The correct applied force vs distance graph will be :

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Calculate the acceleration of the block and trolly system shown in the figure. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the trolly and the surface is 0.05. (g=10 m s-2, mass of the string is negligible and no other friction exists).

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A block of mass m slides on the wooden wedge, which in turn slides backward on the horizontal surface. The acceleration of the block with respect to the wedge is:
Given m=8 kg, M=16 kg
Assume all the surfaces shown in the figure to be frictionless.

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Two blocks A and B of masses 1.5 kg and 0.5 kg respectively are connected by a massless inextensible string passing over a frictionless pulley as shown in the figure. Block A is lifted until block B touches the ground and then block A is released. The initial height of block A is 80 cm when block B just touches the ground. The maximum height reached by block B from the ground after the block A falls on the ground is

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A block of mass 40 kg slides over a surface, when a mass of 4 kg is suspended through an inextensible massless string passing over frictionless pulley as shown below.
The coefficient of kinetic friction between the surface and block is 0.02. The acceleration of block is: (Given g=10 m s-2.)

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An object takes n times as much time to slide down a 45° rough inclined plane as it takes to slide down a perfectly smooth 45° inclined plane. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the rough plane and the object is
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Two blocks of masses m1 and m2 are suspended by a massless string passing over a smooth pulley. If the acceleration of the system is g8,then the ratio of the masses m2 m1=
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Consider two masses m1 and m2 are connected through a pulley. Mass ' m2 ' stats from rest at height ' h ' and falls down. With what speed it hits the ground? (Assume no friction and massless strings & pulleys)
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The machine as shown has 2 rods of length 1 m connected by a pivot at the top. The end of one rod is connected to the floor by a stationary pivot and the end of the other rod has roller that rolls along the floor in a slot. As the roller goes back and forth, a 2 kg weight moves up and down. If the roller is moving towards right at a constant speed, the weight moves up with a :

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The boxes of masses 2 kg and 8 kg are connected by a massless string passing over smooth pulleys. Calculate the time taken by box of mass 8 kg to strike the ground starting from rest.  g=10 m s-2 

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Two masses m1 and m2 are connected by a massless string over a fixed pulley. If m1>m2m1 will move downward and m2 will move upward. What is the acceleration with which the combination of two masses will move? (g= acceleration due to gravity)
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In the arrangement shown in figure a1,a2,a3 anda 4   are the accelerations of masses m1,m2,m3 and m4 respectively. Which of the following relation is true for this arrangement?

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Two masses M1 and M2 are tied together at the two ends of a light inextensible string that passes over a frictionless pulley. When the mass M2 is twice that of M1, the acceleration of the system is a1. When the mass M2 is thrice that of M1, the acceleration of the system is a2. The ratio a1a2 will be

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Three masses M=100 kg, m1=10 kg and m2=20 kg are arranged in a system as shown in figure. All the surfaces are frictionless and strings are inextensible and weightless. The pulleys are also weightless and frictionless. A force F is applied on the system so that the mass m2 moves upward with an acceleration of 2 ms-2. The value of F is

(Take g=10 ms-2)

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A block of mass 48 kg kept on a smooth horizontal surface is pulled by a rope of length 4 m by a horizontal force of 25 N applied to the other end. If the linear density of the rope is 0.5 kg m-1, the force acting on the block is
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Two bodies of mass 4 kg and 6 kg are tied to the ends of a massless string. The string passes over a pulley which is frictionless (see figure). The acceleration of the system in terms of acceleration due to gravity g is:
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A block of mass m is placed on a smooth inclined wedge ABC of inclination θ as shown in the figure. The wedge is given an acceleration a towards the right. The relation between a and θ for the block to remain stationary on the wedge is

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