Two balls
, and
are kept at a certain height from where ball
is dropped freely and Ball
is rolled through a wedge with coefficient of friction
. Given that
,
are the final velocities of balls
, and
respectively with a relation that.
Find the angle of inclination of the wedge in degrees, rounded to the nearest integer
Note:
The balls are identical
Ball B is not Rolling
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Let the balls be kept at height h from the ground.
Now we can find the velocity of ball A by using equations of motion. In this case acceleration of ball A is g
So V A 2 = 2 g h
Now acceleration of ball B is g ( s i n θ − μ c o s θ ) (we can get this by making free body diagrams and then using Newton's 2nd law)
So V B 2 = 2 g ( s i n θ − μ c o s θ ) s i n θ h
But
V A = 2 2 V B
So 2 g h = 2 2 2 g ( s i n θ − μ c o s θ ) s i n θ h
On squaring both sides we get
1 = 8 ( 1 − μ c o t θ )
or c o t θ = 3 4
So θ = a r c c o t ( 3 4 ) ≈ 3 7 :)