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The diagram shows a rough plank resting on a cylinder with one end of the plank on rough
ground. Neglect friction between plank and cylinder. Draw diagram to show:
(a) The forces acting in the plank,
(b) The forces acting in the cylinder.

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2. Two spheres A and B are placed between two vertical walls as shown in fig. Friction is absent
everywhere. Draw the free body diagrams of both the spheres.
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3. A point A on a sphere of weight W rests in contact with a smooth vertical wall and is supported
by a string joining a point B on the sphere to a point C on the wall. Draw free body diagram of
the sphere.

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4. Write down the components of four forces F1 , F2 , F3 and F4 along ox and oy directions as
shown fig. 5.33.

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5. A uniform rod AB of weight W is hinged to a fixed point at A. It is held in the horizontal position
by a string, one end of which is attached to B as shown fig. find in terms of W, the tension in the
string.
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6. In question 3 of the same exercise the radius of the sphere is a. The length of the string is also a.
Find tension in the string.
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7. Find the values of the unknown forces if the given set of forces shown in fig. are in equilibrium.

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8. Two beads of equal masses m are attached by a string of length 2a and free to move in a
smooth circular ring lying in a vertical plane as shown fig. Here, a is the radius of the ring. Find
the tension and acceleration of B just after the beads are released to move.

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1. Three blocks of mass 1 kg, 4 kg and 2 kg are placed on a smooth horizontal plane as shown fig.
Find:
(a) The acceleration of the system
(b) The normal force between 1 kg block and 4 kg block,
(c) The net force on 2 kg block.

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2. Two blocks of mass 2 kg and 4 kg are released from rest over a smooth inclined plane of
inclination 300 as shown fig. what is the normal force between the two blocks?

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3. What should be the acceleration a of the box shown in fig so that the block of mass m exerts a
force

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4. A plumb bob of mass 1 kg is hung from the ceiling of a train compartment. The train moves on
an inclined plane with constant velocity. If the angle of incline is 300. Find the angle made by the
string with the normal to the ceiling. Also, the tension in the string. ( g=10m/s2 )
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5. Repeat both parts of the above question, if the train moves with an acceleration a=
plane.
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6. Two blocks of mass 1kg and 2 kg are connected by a string AB of mass 1 kg. The blocks are
placed on a smooth horizontal surface. Block of mass 1 kg is pulled by a horizontal force F of
magnitude 8 N. Find the tension in the string at points A and B.

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1. In figure m1 = 1kg and m2 = 4kg . Find the mass M of the hanging block which will prevent the smaller
block from slipping over the triangular block. All the surfaces are frictionless and the strings and the
pulleysare light.

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2. A 2 kg object is slide along the frictionless floor with initial velocity (10 m/s) i (a) Describe the motion
of the object relative to car (b) when does the object reach its original position relative to the box car.

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3. A 2 kg object is slide along the frictionless floor with initial velocity (10 m/s) k . Describe the motion
(a) in cars frame (b) in ground frame.

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4. A 2 k object is slid along a rough floor (cefficient of sliding friction = 0.3) with initial velocity
(10 m/s ) i . Describe the motion of the object relative to car assuming that the coefficient of static
friction is greater than 0.5.

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