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The acceleration of the pulley system shown in figure is

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Important Questions on Laws of Motion

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A boy of mass 4 kg is standing on a piece of wood having mass 5 kg. If the coefficient of friction between the wood and the floor is 0.5 , the maximum force that the boy can exert on the rope so that the piece of wood does not move from its place is _______ N. (Round off to the Nearest Integer)

[Take g=10 m s-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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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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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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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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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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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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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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When a body slides down from rest along a smooth inclined plane making an angle of 30° with the horizontal, it takes time T. When the same body slides down from the rest along a rough inclined plane making the same angle and through the same distance, it takes time αT, where α is a constant greater than 1. The co-efficient of friction between the body and the rough plane is 1xα2-1α2 where x=__________.
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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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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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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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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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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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