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Friction

This document contains 10 problems related to friction forces. The problems involve calculating accelerations, forces, and coefficients of friction in situations where objects are moving up or down inclined planes, being pulled by ropes, or standing on surfaces. The key concepts covered are static friction, kinetic friction, tension forces, normal forces, and resolving forces into components.

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Friction

This document contains 10 problems related to friction forces. The problems involve calculating accelerations, forces, and coefficients of friction in situations where objects are moving up or down inclined planes, being pulled by ropes, or standing on surfaces. The key concepts covered are static friction, kinetic friction, tension forces, normal forces, and resolving forces into components.

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Friction

1. A trolley of mass 200kg is being pulled up a smooth slope of 20 degrees by a rope parallel to the slope. If
the tension in the rope is 800 N, find the acceleration of the trolley.
2. A girl of mass 65kg is abseiling down a rope fixed to the top of a cliff. If the tension in the rope is 540 N,
what is the resultant force on the girl? Find her acceleration. What happens if the rope breaks?
3. A woman weighing 60kg is standing in the lift. What is the magnitude of the contact force between her
and the lift if the lift is moving:
a. upwards with constant speed,
b. upwards with acceleration 1.5m/s2
4. A sledge of mass 150kg is being held on a snowy slope by a rope parallel to the slope. If the slope
makes an angle of 35 degrees to the horizontal and the coefficient of static friction is 0.02, what is the least
force required:
a. to hold its stationary;
b. to start it moving up the slope
5. The 200-lb block shown has impending motion up the plane caused by the horizontal force of 400 lb.
Determine the coefficient of static friction between the contact surfaces.

400 lb
30°

6. Determine the acceleration of the block below if the coefficient of static friction is 0.343.

15kg

27.2°

7. A 12 kg block is released from the top of an incline that is 5.0 m long and makes an angle of 40.0º to the
horizontal. A force of friction of 60.0N impedes the motion of the box.
A. Find the acceleration of the box.
B How long will it take the box to reach the bottom of the incline?
C What is the coefficient of friction?
8. What is the force of friction acting on the 8.0 kg cart shown if it is moving at a constant speed down the
incline?

9. A 10.0 kg box is accelerating down a frictionless incline as shown. What are the magnitudes of the
parallel and perpendicular components of the gravitational force acting on the box?

10. A coin placed on the cover of a book just begins to move when the cover makes an angle of 38º with
the horizontal. What is the coefficient of static friction?

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