CHAPTER-10

NEWTON'S LAWS
OF MOTION
LEVEL 01 Starter Level
10.1 Normal Force
For Q. No. 1 to 4 Make free body diagram of each block 7 kg
sphere
and Earth. Also find normal forces at all contacts.
7kg
30N 30N 10 11 3kg
2
5kg 5kg

|1kg For Q. No. 12 to 19 Find acceleration and normal forces.

2kg 70V2 N
3 4kg 30 N 40 N
3kg 6ON
5kg
45°
1..... 337
12 13
5 kg
For Q. No.5 to 11 The following systems are in 18 kg
equilibrium. Find normal forces at all contacts.
40 N
30N
40N
14 53
532
60 N
50N 37
.)...
5 6 K37° 6 kg
4 kg
18 kg 8kg
7kg
20 N
50 N
:37°/ 100kg sphere
A
15 30 N 10 kg
7 kg 3 kg 60 N
7 100 N 10kg 20kg
120 N
37
50 kg sphere /37:
10
kg

16 30
N Fixed
9 S37
60/
6060°
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100 N, For. Q. No. 8 to 10 All the strings are massless. Find

5 kg acceleration of blocks and tension in all the strings.
10 N
Fixed 30N
17
K53
8
2 kg 4 kg ’36 N
60 N
l37
120N
4 kg

6kg K37°
18 138 N Fixed 9
53

10 O N

50N 3 k g t

kgk

kg
7
k g 8
7kg
10
19 Fixed
30 N 37
100N 370

10.3 Fixed Pulleys

10.2 Tension Force For Q. No. 1 to 10 Allstrings are massless and pulleys are
For Q. No. 1 to 7 The following systems are in equilibrium. fixed and smooth. Find acceleration of blocks.
Strings are massless unless mentioned. Find tension in all
the strings.
1 2

5 kg 4 kg 5 kg
3 kg
1 2 3 5 kg 10 kg
8 kg Uniform rope 5 kg |1 kg
7 kg of mass 2kg
6 kg 7 kg
|4kg 6kg
30 N
3
Uniform
rope of
mass m 1kg |3kg
and length 5
L, Find 4k
4kg 1kg
tension at 20
kg
a distance 5 B
x from the 5kg 10 kg
ceiling,.
5 kg

6 7 100
kg

5 kg |4 kg
Fixed

<37 53
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10 m/s

m 5 6 1m/sel[A
8 Fixed

30°
|m| VA=? 4m/sB ac=?

2ko

6 kg
9 10 Fixed

7 8
|2 kg

2m/s‘A BCDV=?
10,4 String Constraint 10 m/s
Inthe following questions, find unknown velocity and
acceleration using string constraints. All strings are 2m/s v=?
inextensible. 2mi 13m
9
V=?
B
Ml6m/s
300mm/s
GB
10
A|4m's VA=?
6 m/s

6m/s 11 A

10m/s |2m/s
A B
12
A

10 m/s

13
3
Av=?
B
5m/s A
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2m/s A 2m/s
10.5 Moveable Pulleys
Fixed Fixed Allstrings are massless and inextensible. All pulleys are
4
smooth and moveable pulleys are massless. Find
acceleration of al the blocks.

Vy=8 m/s
HA Fixed E
2 3 M
15 )30°
37°
|1kg
2M 2M
4kg

16 37
10 ms Ál53" 5 ’170 N
5kg
3kg
17 Al4kg
B5 kg
30 2m 4m

6 FtA
VA=1m/s
60
A

18 If the string is inextensible, determine the velocity u A

of each block in terms of v and 9.
7

hkg
m

3m

10 kg
(a) Fig. (A) u= (b) Fig. (B) u=, B
A

I Slider block Amoves to the left with aconstant m

velocity of 6 m/s. Determine 9 10

D
m
40 kg A
2m m
B
11 12
(a) the velocity of block B
(b)the velocity of portion Dof the cable |2 kg|
I) the relative velocity of portion Cof the cable with 4 kg
respect to portion D 8 kg|
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4System shown in figure is in equilibrium and at.
The spring and string are massless. Now, the
stringis
cut, Find the accelerations of mass 2 mand miuet
after the string is cut.
13 2kg|A

1kg B 2m
m

5 Two identical blocks are connected by a spring. The

10.6 SpringForce combination is suspended, at rest, froma string
1 Two masses of 10 kg and 20 kg respectively, are attached to the ceiling, as shown in the figure. The
connected by a massless spring as shown in figure. A string breaks suddenly. Immediately after the string
force of 200 Nacts on the 20 kg mass at the instant breaks, what is the initial acceleration of the upper
-2
when the 10 kg mass has an acceleration of 12 ms and lower blocks?
towards right, then find the acceleration of the 20 kg
mass.

10 kg 20 kg A
0000 ’200 N

2In the given figures, what is the reading of the spring

balances? (Springs and strings are massless)

(a) (b) 6 Find out the acceleration of 1 kg, 2 kg and

3kg block and tension in the string A1kg
1kg |1 kg 4kg |1 kgl between 1 kg and 2 kg block just after
cutting the string as shown in figure. B2kg

c3Kg
10.7 Pseudo Force
(c)
1 Apendulum is hanging from a ceiling of acar having
an acceleration a,, with respect to the road. Find the
angle made by the string with vertical at equilibrium.
10 kg
3 From the fixed pulley, masses 2 kg, 1 kg and 3 kg are
suspended as shown in the figure. Find the extension
in the spring if k = 100 N/m. (Neglect oscillations due
2Ablock of mass m resting on a wedge of angle 8a5
to spring)
shown in the figure.The wedge is given an
acceleration a. What is the minimum value of a, so
that the mass falls freely?
A
2kg

3kg
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3 Atriangular blockKof mass MrestS on a smooth

surface as shown figure. Acubical block of 10.8 Wedge Constraint
rests the inclined surface. If all surfaces mass m 1 In the questions below take the unit
are
tictionless, find the force that must be applied to M, vectors as follows. Find the acceleration
so as to keep m stationary relative to M. of smaller block (B) w.r.t. ground in
terms of accelerations of other blocks.

a
(a) B
37°
B C

4Ablock slides down from top of a smooth inclined

plane of elevation 6 fixed in an elevator going up with
an acceleration a,. The base of incline has length L. (b)
A
Findthe time taken by the block to reach the B
bottom.

a (c) A B

5 Abead of masS m is fitted on a rod and can move on (d) a

it without friction. Initially the bead is at the middle

of the rod and the rod moves horizontally in a
vertical plane with an acceleration a, in a direction
forming an angle a. with the rod. Find the 2 The masses of blocks Aand Bare same and equal to
acceleration of bead with respect to rod. m. Friction is absent everywhere. Find the magnitude
of accelerations of the blocksA and B.

A
6 Twocubes of masses m, and m, lie on frictionless
slopes of a block Awhich rests on a horizontal table.
The cubes are connected by a string which passes
3 The system shown in figure is released from rest,
Over a pulley as shown in figure. Ifa be the horizontal calculate the value of accelerations a and b. (where b
acceleration to which the whole system is w.r.t. to A)
(block +masses) is subjected, so that m, and m, do
not move, then find a.
m

2m
A
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Level 1 7. T, =20N,T=60N 8.a=9m/s,T =24 N 9.a=4 m/s,
T,= 44 N and T, = 64 N 10. a =6m/s",T=114 N
10.1 Normal Force
1. Normal force = 80 N
2. Normal force = 20 N
10.3Fixed Pulleys
1, 2.3 3.
5g 4, 3 s.
3. Normal force between (3 kg and ground) =50 Nand 9 5 2
between (3 kg and 2 kg) = 20 N 3 3g
4. Normal force (4 kg and 1kg =10 N) (4 kg and 5kg =50N) 6. 23 7.8 8 9.
5 15 4 10
(5kg and ground) = 100 N
5. Normal force between (block and ground= 212 N) (block 10 (m, sin ,+ m, sin B)g
and wall = 24 N) m+ m
6. Normal force (7 kg and ground =160 N) (8 kg and ground
-80 N) (8 kg and wall=40 N) (7 kg and 8 kg =40 N) 10.4 String Constraint
7. Normalforce (10 kg and ground = 100 N) (20 kg and ground 1. 8 m/s 2. 2 m/s 3. 14 ms up 4. 20 m/s up
- 240 N) (20 kg and wall= 70N) (10 kg and 20 kg =100 N) 5. 25 m/s up 6.6 m/sup 7. 23 m/s up 8.70 m/s up
8. Normal force between (sphere and wedge A= 125O N) 9. 14 m/s 10. 200 mm/s 11. 18 m/s 12. 26 m/s right
(sphere and wedgeB=750N) 13. 18 m/s 14. 1.5 m/s 15. 10 m/s 16. 7.5 m/s
9. Normal force between sphere and either wedge = 500 N
10. 200N and 150 N
19.(a) 2 m/s up (b) 2m/s, down,(c) 8 m/s up
11. Normal force (7 kg and ground =70 N)(3 kg and ground 10.5 Moveable Pulleys
- 30 N) (7 kg and wall =0 N) (7 kg and 3 kg =0 N) 1. acceleration of 4kg 2.5 m/s down,
12. q= 14 m/s and normal force = 10N acceleration of 1 kg =5 m/s up

13. Acceleration = 4 m/s, Normal force = 176 N 2. acceleration of 2M = down,

6
14. a=3 m/s', Normal force (6 kg and ground =132 N) (4 kg acceleration of M
= 3 up the plane
and ground = 58 N) (6 kg and 4 kg=36 N)
15. a=-1.5 m/s, left Normal force (10 kg and ground =100 N) 2g
3. acceleration of 2M = down, acceleration of M=up
3
(7 kg and ground =70N) (3kg and ground =10 N) (10 kg 3
and 7 kg =45 N) (7 kg and 3 kg 55.5 N) 4. acceleration of 4kg =" down, acceleration of 5 kg=up
16. a=6.6 m/s up, Normal force =8 N 7

17. a=4 m/s up, Normal force = 110 N 5. acceleration of 3 kg =20 m/s
18. a=1 m/s up, Normal force (6 kg and wedge =36 N) (4 kg and acceleration of 5kg= 10 m/s
and wedge =60 N) (6 kg and 4 kg= 84 N) 6. acceleration of A=
9F
acceleration of B =
3F
19. a=4m/s down, Normal force (10 kg and wedge =80 N) 34m 17m
(8 kg and wedge =64 N)(7 kg and wedge = 56 N) (10 kg and 7. acceleration of 3m and m are S and 7g respectively.
8kg =80 N) (8 kg and 7 kg =64 N) 13 13'
10.2 Tension Force 8. acceleration of 1kg and 2kg are 233 and,respectively.
3
1. Tension in lower string =100N and Tension in upper string
= 150 N 9. acceleration of B=1 m/s? and acceleration of A=3 m/s?
2. Tension in lower string = 60 N, Tension in middle string 10. acceleration of A=2 m/s² and acceleration of B=8 ms
= 140 N, Tension in upper string = 180 N
3. Tension in lower string will vary between 7O Nand 90 N, 11. acceleration of m, 2m and 3m are 123 68. and
17 17
Tension in upper string = 140 N
respectively.
4. T-M L 12. acceleration of 8 kg, 4 kg and 2 kg are 2 m/s up, 2 m/s?
5. Tension in left string = 30N, Tension in the right string = 40 N down, 6 m/s up, respectively.
6. Tension in left string =62.5 N, Tension in the right string 13. acceleration of 1kg, 2kg and 3kg are 2 m/s down, 2m/s?
= 37.5 N upand 6 m/s up, respectively.
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10.6 Spring Force

1. 4 ms -2 2. (a) 10N (b) 16N (c) Each will read 10 kg.
3. 0.2 m 4. upwards, g downwards
2
5. 2g downwards, O
6.20 m/s. 20 m/s,O m/s and T= 10 N

10.7 Pseudo Force

1. tan o 2. g cot 0 3. (M + m)g tan 0

2L
4,
(g + a) sin cos 0
5. g sina - a, cos a
m, sina+ m, sinß
6. a=lm
m, cos .+ m, cos B

10.8 Wedge Constraint

1. (a) 0i
3
(b) -ai - 4aj (c) ai -2(a+ c)j
(d) alcos 0-1)i - a sin 0j
2. a= 128..b=
25
9g
25
3g sin
3. a= bcos.b
3 3- cos0