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LAWS OF MOTION - SHEET: 9(Lecture – 9)

LEVEL – I

1. A block of mass 2 kg is placed on a rough horizontal surface with which its 3N

coefficient of friction is 0.2. It is then acted upon by a horizontal force of
magnitude 3N as shown in the figure. The block remains at rest. Calculate the
frictional force on the block

2. A block of mass 1 kg is kept on a horizontal surface in a truck. The coefficient of static friction between the
block and the surface is 0.6. If the acceleration of truck is 5 m/s2, find frictional force acting on the block is
3. A car travelling on a level road with coefficient of friction '' can have an acceleration

4. A block of mass 2 kg is projected up along 450 incline with an initial velocity 26 ms-1. The coefficient of
friction between the block and the plane is 0.2. How far does the block move up the plane ?

6. A body of mass m is resting on an inclined plane which is making angle  with the m
horizontal. The coefficient of friction between the block and plane is . Calculate
frictional force acting between the surfaces


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7. A block of mass 2kg rests on a rough inclined plane making an angle of 30 with the horizontal. The
coefficient of static friction for the plane is 0.7. Calculate the frictional force on the block

8. If the coefficients of static and kinetic friction between shoes of an athlete and horizontal ground surface be
2
0.2 and 0.18 respectively, find the maximum acceleration with which the athlete can run [take g = 10 m/s ]

9. A block of weight W is given an initial velocity v along horizontal plane and is brought to rest by friction in a
distance S. What is coefficient of friction between block and plane ?

10. A block is projected along a rough horizontal road with a speed of 8 m/s. If the coefficient of kinetic friction is
0.20, how far will it travel before coming to rest? (g = 10 m/s2)
LEVEL – II

1. If the coefficient of friction between an insect and bowl is  and the radius of the C
bowl is r, find the maximum height to which the insect can crawl in the bowl.

Insect h

2. Calculate the accelerations of the blocks and the tension in the A B

1 kg 2 kg
string A & B. If the 6 kg block is replaced by a 0.3 kg block,
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find the new accelerations and tension in the st rings A & B. 1 = 0.4 2 = 0.2

6 kg

3. A block of mass 3 kg is at rest on a rough inclined plane as shown 3 kg

in the figure. What is the magnitude of net force exerted by the
surface on the block?
30o
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4. A 42 kg slab rests on a frictionless floor. A 9.7 kg block rests on the top 110N 9.7kg
of the slab as shown in the figure. The co-efficient of static friction =0
between the block and the slab is 0.53, while the co-efficient of kinetic 42kg
friction is 0.38. The 9.7 kg block is acted upon by a horizontal force of
110 N. What are the resulting accelerations of

(a) the block, and (b) the slab? (Take g = 9.8 m/s2)

5. A chain of mass 10 kg and length 10 m is resting on a rough horizontal surface ( = 0.2). A constant force of
20 newton is applied at one end. Find the tension at the mid point of the chain.

6. A force of 100 N is applied on a block of mass 2kg as shown in figure. The coefficient of
friction between the surface and the block is ¼ . What is the friction force acting on block is
[g = 10 m/s2] 100 N

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7. An object takes n times as much time to slide down a 45 rough incline as it takes to slide down a perfectly
smooth 45o incline. What is the coefficient of kinetic friction between the object and incline plane?

8. A body of mass M = 5kg rests on a horizontal plane having coefficient of fiction = 0.5. At t = 0 a horizontal
force F is applied that varies with time as F = 5t. Find the time instant t0 at which motion starts and also find
the distance of particle from starting point at t = 6 second.

9. In the f ollowing f igure, find the direction and nature of f riction on

the block.

10. An object is slowing down on a rough horizontal plane with a deceleration of 2m/s 2 . W hat is
the coefficient of kinetic f riction

11. A block is shot with an initial velocity 5ms –1 on a rough horizontal plane. Find the distance
cov ered by the block till it comes to rest. The coefficient of kinetic f riction between the block
and plane is 0.1.

12. A block starting f rom rest slides down 18 m in three seconds on an inclined plane of 30º
inclination. Find the coefficient of kinetic f riction between the t wo.

13. A block begins to slide on a rough inclined plane and mov es 1 meter in 0.707 seconds. W hat
was the time taken to cover the first half meter on the incline.
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14. A body slipping on a rough horizontal plane moves with a deceleration of 4 m/s . What is the coefficient of
kinetic friction between the body and the plane?

15. A small block is resting on an inclined plane (co-efficient of friction  > tan ) as
shown in the figure. The inclined plane is given a constant horizontal
acceleration ‘a’ towards right.

(a) Find the range of ‘a’ such that the block does not slide on the plane.

(b) Find the value of ‘a’ such that the friction force between the block and the plane is zero.
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16. You are marooned on a frictionless horizontal plane and can not exert any horizontal force by pushing against
the surface. How can you get off?
(A) by jumping (B) by rolling your body on the surface
(C) by splitting or sneezing (D) By running on the plane

17. A car starts from rest and moves on a surface in which the coefficient of friction between the road and the
tyres increases linearly with distance (x). the car moves with the maximum possible acceleration. The kinetic
energy E of the car will depends on x as
1 1
(A) E  (B) E 
x2 x
(C) E  x (D) E  x2
18. If the normal force is doubled, the coefficient of friction is
(A) not changed (B) halved
(C) doubled (D) tripled

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ANSWERS LAWS OF MOTION – SHEET – 9

LEVEL – I
1. 3N
2. 5N
3. always less than 'g'
4. 2

6. mg sin .

7. 9.8 N
8. 0.2 m/s2
V2
9.
2gs
10. 16 m

LEVEL-II
 1 
1. r 1  
 1  2 

2. 52/9 m/s2, TA= 88/9, TB= 76/3 N ; 0 m/s2, TA= 0 N, TB= 3 N
3. 30 N
4. (a) 7.6 m/s2 leftward,(b) 0.86 m/s2 leftward
5. 10 N
On Rough surface
At any distance from the end
 x
Tx  F0 1  
 L
 x 1
Hence Tx  F0 1    20   10 Newton
 L 2
6. 20 N
1
7. 1 2
n
8. 5 sec and1/6 m
9. Up the incline, kinetic friction.
10. 0.2
11. V 2 – Vi2 = 2as = 12.5 m
f
12. 0.11
13. 1/2 second
14. k = 0.4
15. upper limit lower limit No. Friction
(tan q + m) (tan q - m)
g g a = gtan 
1 - mtan q 1 + mtan q
16 C
17. D
18. A