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A block of mass 2 kg 2 \ \text{kg} slides down an inclined plane of inclination 3 0 30^{\circ} . The coefficient of friction between the block and plane is 0.5 0.5 . The magnitude of contact force between block and plane can be expressed in the form a N \sqrt{a} \ \text{N} where a a is a positive nonsquare integer.

Find the sum of digits in a a .

Assume the plane is fixed. Take g = 10 ms 2 g = 10 \ \text{ms}^{-2} .

This Question Is Inspired From An Old JEE Question


The answer is 15.

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2 solutions

Vaibhav Prasad
Mar 25, 2015

For the contact force we will have to calculate the resultant of the Frictional force as well as the Normal force.

The Frictional Force would be = μ m g cos θ \mu mg \cos \theta

= 0.5 × 2 × 10 × 3 2 0.5 \times 2 \times 10 \times \frac {\sqrt3}{2}

= 5 3 5\sqrt3

The Normal force = m g cos θ mg \cos \theta

= 2 × 10 × 3 2 2 \times 10 \times \frac {\sqrt3}{2}

= 10 3 10\sqrt3

The Resultant = ( 5 3 ) 2 + ( 10 3 ) 2 \sqrt { { \left( 5\sqrt { 3 } \right) }^{ 2 }+{ \left( 10\sqrt { 3 } \right) }^{ 2 } }

= 375 \sqrt {375}

Hence, answer = 15 \boxed {\huge 15}

Awesome! How u so gud in physics?

Harsh Shrivastava - 6 years, 2 months ago

You will have to show that the frictional force is μ m g cos θ \mu mg \cos \theta not less than that.

Abhishek Sharma - 6 years, 2 months ago

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no i don't think that there is need it is the most basic of things that on an incline-

μ R = μ m g cos θ \mu R = \mu mg \cos\theta

Vaibhav Prasad - 6 years, 2 months ago
Prakhar Bindal
Nov 24, 2014

Let Us Imagine A Block Sliding Down The Plane. Be Careful Here! It is saying "THE MAGNITUDE OF CONTACT FORCE" between the plane and block.Contact force means the force provided by the plane to the block.If We Analyze This We will see that two forces are being provided to the block by the plane.One is the Frictional Force And Other the normal reaction.so contact force would be the Resultant of frictional force and the normal reaction.(the angle between them is 90 degrees.Resolving Forces Parallel and perpendicular to the plane. N = mgcos30 and Frictional force = 0.5*N.Taking Resultant Using laws of vector algebra and solving We Get 375 \sqrt{375} . So a = 375 and sum of digits = 3+7+5 = 15 Ans.

I solved that in 2nd attempt. I thought that I have to find the value of a. :(

Any way nice question @Prakhar Bindal.

satvik pandey - 6 years, 6 months ago

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Same, I was wondering what could have possibly gone wrong in my calculations :P

Aalap Shah - 6 years, 1 month ago

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