Laws Of Motion Question 400

Question: String is massless and pulley is smooth in the adjoining figure total mass or left hand side of the pulley side of the pulley is $ m _{1} $ and on right hand side is $ m _{2} $ . Friction coefficient between block B and the wedge is $ \mu =\frac{1}{2} $ and $ \theta =30{}^\circ $ Select thewrong answer

Options:

A) Block B will slide down if $ m _{1}=m _{2} $

B) Block B may remain stationary with respect to wedge, for suitable values of $ m _{1} $ and $ m _{2} $ with $ m _{1}>m _{2} $

C) Block B cannot remain stationary with respect to wedge in any case

D) Block B will slide down if $ m _{1}>m _{2} $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

If $ m _{1}=m _{2} $ , block will slide down when

$ \mu g\cos \theta <g\sin \theta $ or$ \frac{1}{2}( \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} )<\frac{1}{2} $

If $ m _{1}=m _{2} $ , block will slide down when

$ \mu ( g+a )\cos \theta <( g-a )\sin \theta $

or $ \frac{1}{2}( \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} )<\frac{1}{2} $ where $ a=( \frac{m _{2}-m _{1}}{m _{1}+m _{2}} )g $

therefore in all cases block will slide down



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