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Important Questions on Friction

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A 30 kg slab B rests on a frictionless floor as shown in the figure. A 10 kg block A rests on top of the slab- B. The coefficients of static and kinetic friction between the block A and the slab B are 0.60 and 0.40 respectively. When block-A is acted upon by a horizontal force of 100 N, as shown, find the resulting acceleration of the slab- B. g=9.8 m s-2

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As shown in the figure, a block of mass 3 kg is kept on a horizontal rough surface of coefficient of friction 133. The critical force to be applied on the vertical surface as shown at an angle 60° with horizontal such that it does not move, will be 3x. The value of x will 

g=10 m s-2; sin60°=32; cos60°=12

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The coefficient of static friction between two blocks is 0.5 and the table is smooth. The maximum horizontal force that can be applied to move the blocks together is _______N (take g=10 m s-2

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Which of the following surface in contact has maximum coefficient of friction μ?
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A block of mass m rests on a horizontal table with a coefficient of static friction μ. What minimum force must be applied on the block to drag it on the table?
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A person is managing to be at rest between two vertical walls by pressing one wall by his hands and feet and second wall with his back. The coefficient of friction is 0.5 between his body and the wall. If the force with which the person pushes the wall is 500 N, then the mass of the person is (Take g=10 m s-2)
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A body of mass 1 kg rests on a horizontal floor with which it has a coefficient of static friction 13. It is desired to make the body move by applying the minimum possible force F N. The value of F will be _______.(Round off to the Nearest Integer) [Take g=10 m s-2 ]
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Meena applies the front brakes while riding on her bicycle along a flat road. The force that slows her bicycle is provided by the
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A body of mass 2 kg is kept by pressing to a vertical wall by a force of 100 N. The friction between wall and body is 0.3. Then the frictional force is equal to
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A block rests on a rough inclined plane making an angle of 30° with the horizontal. The coefficient of static friction between the block and the plane is 0.8 . If the frictional force on the block is 10 N, the mass of the block is g=10 m s-2
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A uniform chain of 6 m length is placed on a table such that a part of its length is hanging over the edge of the table. The system is at rest. The co-efficient of static friction between the chain and the surface of the table is 0.5, the maximum length of the chain hanging from the table is _____ m.
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Given in the figure are two blocks A and B of weight 20 N and 100 N, respectively. These are being pressed against a wall by a force F and kept in equilibrium as shown. If the coefficient of friction between the blocks is 0.1 and between block B and the wall is 0.15, the frictional force applied by the wall on block B is:
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The coefficient of friction between two surfaces is μ = 0.8. The tension in the string shown in the figure is -
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The coefficient of friction 'μ' and the angle of friction 'λ' are related by _______
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A block is released from rest on a 45° smooth incline and slide a distance d. The time taken to slide the same distance is n times as much to slide on a 45° rough incline than on the smooth incline. The coefficients of friction for the rough incline is
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A thin motorcyclist rides with sufficient speed in the vertical plane inside a hollow sphere of diameter 20 m to prevent himself from sliding down. If the coefficient of friction is 0.5, then what is the minimum speed of the motor cyclist? (use g=10 m s-2)
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A block placed on the horizontal is pushed momentarily with initial velocity v. The coefficient of friction between the block and surface is μ. Block will come to rest after a time t equal to (g= acceleration due to gravity)
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The coefficient of static friction between a wooden block of mass 0.5 kg and a vertical rough wall is 0.2. The magnitude of the horizontal force that should be applied on the block to keep it adhere to the wall will be______Ng=10 m s-2
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A block A of mass 4 kg is placed on another block B of mass 5 kg, and the block B rests on a smooth horizontal table. If the minimum force that can be applied on A so that both the blocks move together is 12 N, the maximum force that can be applied on B for the blocks to move together will be :
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A block kept on a rough inclined plane, as shown in the figure, remains at rest upto a maximum force 2 N down the inclined plane. The maximum external force up the inclined plane that does not move the block is 10 N. The coefficient of static friction between the block and the plane is: [Take g=10 m s-2 ]
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