Home
Class 11
PHYSICS
A body placed on a rough inclined plane ...

A body placed on a rough inclined plane just begins to slide, when the slope of the plane is 1 in 4. Calculate the coefficient of friction.

Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • Force

    MODERN PUBLICATION|Exercise Exercise|137 Videos
  • Gravitational potential and potential energy

    MODERN PUBLICATION|Exercise Exercise|17 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

A body of mass 5 kg placed on the surface of rough inclined plane rising 7 in 25 just slides down. Calculate the value of limiting friction ci-efficient of friction.

When a body slides down from rest along a smooth inclined plane making anangle of 45^@ with the horizontal, it takes time T. when the same body slides down from rest along a rough inclined plane making the same angle and through the same distance, it is seen to take time pT, where p is some number greater than 1. Calculate the co-efficient of friction between the body and the rough plane.

A body weighing 20 kg just slides down a rough inclined plane that rises 5 m in every 12 m.What is the coefficeint of friction?

A train of 150 metre ton is drawn up a rough inelined plane of 1 in 100 at the rate of 36 km. if the frictional force is 12 N ton^-1 ,calculate the power of the engine.

An inclined plane making an angle of 30^@ with the horizontal is placed in a uniform horizontal electric of 100 V m^-1 as shown in the figure A particle of mass 1 kg and charge 0.01 C is allowed to slide down from rest from a height of 1 m. If the coefficient of frictio nis 0.2, find the time it will take the particle to reach the bottom.

A mass of 4 kg rests on a horizontal plane. The plane is gradually inclined at an angle theta = 15^@ with the horizontal, the mass just begins to slide. What is the coefficient of static friction between the block and the surface?

In the figure, a body A of mass m slides on plane inclined at angle theta_1 to the horizontal and mu_1 is the coefficient of friction between A and the plane. A is connected by a light string passing over a fictionless pulley to another body B, also of mass m, sliding on a frictionless plane inclined at angle theta_2 to the horizontal which of the following statements are true ?

The line of greatest slope on an inclined plane P_1 is the line in the plane P_1 which is perpendicular to the line of intersection of the plane P_1 and a horizontal plane P_2 . Q. The coordinate of a point on the plane 2x+y-5z=0, 2sqrt(11) unit away from the line of intersection of 2x+y-5z=0 and 4x-3y+7z=0 are

A block is in limiting equilibrium on an inclined plane of angle theeta ,Then ,the coefficient of friction is :

A rectangular box lies on a rough incli ned surface. The co-efficient of friction between the surface and the box is mu. Let the mass of the box is be m. At what angle of inclination theta of the plane to the horizontal will the box just start to slide down the plane?