Laws of Motion - Result Question 36
36. A monkey is decending from the branch of a tree with constant acceleration. If the breaking strength is of the weight of the monkey, the minimum acceleration with which monkey can slide down without breaking the branch is
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(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Topic 3: Friction
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Answer:
Correct Answer: 36. (c)
Solution:
- (c) Let
be the tension in the branch of a tree when monkey is descending with acceleration a. Then ; and of weight of monkey,
or