CLASS: FRICTION

1) A force of 98N is required to pull a body of mass 10kg over the surface of ice.
Calculate the co-efficient of friction (g  9.8m / s2 )
2) A box of mass 10kg is pulled on a horizontal rough surface by applying a
horizontal force if the co-efficient of kinetic friction between the box and
horizontal surface is 0.25. Find the force of friction exerted by the horizontal
surface on the box (g  9.8m / s2 )
3) A block of mass 1kg is placed on the horizontal surface of a truck if the truck is
accelerating at the rate of 5m / s2 co-efficient of static friction between the block
and truck is 0.6 then frictional force on the block (g  9.8m / s2 )
4) A block of mass 2kg is kept on the floor there coefficient of static friction is 0.4. If
a force ‘F’ of 25N is applied on the block as shown in figure. Find the frictional
force between the block and the floor.

5) A block of mass 20kg is dragged along a rough horizontal surface through 1m

with uniform speed. Calculate the work done if the co-efficient of friction is 0.5.
6) A force of 196N required to just start moving a body of mass 100kg over ice. Find
the co-efficient of static friction?
7) If a ladder weighing 250N is applied against a smooth vertical wall having co
efficient of friction between it and floor is 0.3 what is the maximum force of
friction available at the point of contact between the ladder and the floor?
8) A box is lying on an inclined plane what is the coefficient of static friction if the
box starts sliding when an angle of inclination is 600
9) A horizontal force of 10N is necessary to just hold a block stationary against a
wall the coefficient of friction between the block and wall is 0.2 then find the
weight of the block?
10) A block is lying static on the floor the maximum value of frictional force on the
block is 10N. If a horizontal force of 8N is applied to the block. What will be the
frictional force on the block (g  10m / s2 )
11) A block of 1kg is stopped against a wall by applying a force perpendicular to a
wall if   0.2 then find the minimum value of ‘F’ .
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12) The angle of friction between two surfaces is 370 . If cos370 is then find the
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coefficient of friction between those two sufaces.
13) A wooden block of 100kg is about to be pushed on a floor coefficient of friction
is 0.4. What is the magnitude of the force on the wooden block when is just
pushed (g  9.8m / s2 )
14) A body of mass 100g is sliding down on inclined plane of inclination 300 . What is
the acceleration of the body. If the coefficient of friction between inclined plane is
0.5 (g  9.8m / s2 )
15) A cube of weight 10N on a rough inclined plane of slope 3 in 5 the coefficient of
friction between cube and inclined plane is 0.6. Find the minimum force required
to start the cube up the plane?
16) A brick of mass 2kg just to slide down on inclined plane at an angle of 450 with
the horizontal then find the frictional force between them? (g  9.8m / s2 )
17) When a body slides down on an inclined plane with coefficient of friction as k
then find its acceleration?
18) The angle of inclination of an inclined plane is 600 . If coefficient of friction
between 10kg body on it surface is 0.2 (g  10m / s2 ) then find the acceleration of
the body?
19) Brakes are applied to a car moving with engine bringing it to halt after 2 seconds.
Find its velocity at the movement when the brakes are applied if the coefficient of
friction between the road and the tyres is 0.4.
20) A car running a velocity 72kmph on a level road is stopped after travelling a
distance of 30m. Find the coefficient of friction between the road and the tyres
(g  10m / s2 )
21) A body slipping on a rough horizontal plane moves with a deceleration of
4.0m / s2 . What is the coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the
plane?
22) A block is projected along a rough horizontal road with a speed of 10 m/s. If the
coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.10, how far will it travel before coming to rest?
23) A block of mass m is kept on a horizontal table. If the static friction coefficient is
 , find the frictional force acting on the block.
24) In a children –park an inclined plane is constructed with an angle of incline 450 in
the middle part . Find the acceleration of a boy sliding on it if the friction
coefficient between the cloth of the boy and the incline is 0.6 and g  10m / s 2
25) A body starts slipping down an incline and moves half meter in half second. How
long will it take to move the next half meter?
26) A book of weight 20N is pressed between two hands and each hand exerts a force
of 40N. If the book just starts slides down . Find coefficient of friction?
27) A body of mass 6kg is in uniform motion along a straight line on a rough
horizontal surface when a force of 12N is acting on it. If g  10ms2 , then find the
frictional force acting on the body .
28) A force of 50N acting on a body of mass 200kg kept on rough surface produces
uniform velocity. If the force is tripled, then find the acceleration produced by the
body?
29) An object of mass 10kg moving with a velocity of 5.6ms1 on a horizontal rough
surface comes to rest after travelling a distance of 16m then find the coefficient of
friction?
30) A body of mass 10kg moving on a horizontal rough surface comes to rest after
travelling a distance of 16m. If coefficient of friction is 0.1 then what is work
done against friction.
31) An object of mass 10kg moving with a velocity of 5.6ms1 on a horizontal rough
surface comes to rest . If coefficient of friction is 0.1 then the object comes to rest
in how much time?
32) A horizontal force of 4 3 kg-wt is just sufficient to pull a body of 8kg-wt on a
horizontal surface. Find the coefficient of friction between the surfaces.

33) The angle of inclination of inclined plane is 600 co efficient of friction between
10kg body on it and its surface is 0.2, g  10m / s2 then find the acceleration of the
body?
34) The time taken by a body to slide down the smooth inclined plane is 4 sec. find
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the time taken by the body to slide, 1
4 of the length of the plane.
35) A force of 150N produces an acceleration of 2ms2 in a body and a force of 200N
produce an acceleration of 3ms2 . Find the coefficient of the static friction?
36) A body takes n times as much to slide of down a 450 rough incline as it takes to
slide down a smooth 450 incline. Find the coefficient of friction?
37) Two boxes of same material start moving on surface, one with a velocity of
10ms1 and another with a velocity ‘V’. If the ratio of stopping times for the two
boxes is 1:3, then find the value of ‘V’?
38) A box of mass 4kg is placed on a wooden plank of length 1.5m which is lying on
the ground. The plank is lifted from one end along its length so that it becomes
inclined. It is noted that when the vertical height of the top end of the plank from
the ground becomes 0.5m, the box begins to slide. Find the coefficient of friction
between the box and the plank?
39) A body of mass 2kg is sliding down on an inclined plane of inclination   530 ,
what is the time taken by the body to reach the ground, if the length of the
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inclined plane is 10m? g  10m / s2 , k  0.5and Sin530  4
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40) A block of mass 10kg is sliding on a surface inclined at an angle of 300 with the
horizontal. Calculate the acceleration of the block. The coefficient of kinetic
friction between the block and the surface is 0.5 (Takeg  9.8m / s2 )
41) A brick of mass 2kg just begins to slides down on inclined plane at an angle of
450 with the horizontal. Find the force of friction?
42) A body of mass 60kg is pushed with just enough force to start it moving on a
rough surface with s  0.5 and k  0.4 and the force continues to act afterwards.
Find the acceleration of the body?
43) A body of mass 10kg lies on a rough horizontal surface. When a horizontal force
of F newton acts on it, it gets an acceleration of 5m / s2 and when the horizontal
force is doubled , it gets an acceleration of 18m / s2 . Find the coefficient of
friction between the body and the horizontal surface? (g  10m / s2 ) .
44) An object of mass 10kg moving with a velocity of 56m/s on a surface comes to
rest after travelling a distance of 16m. Find the coefficient of friction and work
done against the friction?
45) A body slipping on a rough horizontal plane moves with a deceleration of 4.0
m/s2. Find the coefficient of Kinetic friction between the block and the plane?
46) A motor of power 0.98kw drags a mass 100kg through 4m on a surface having
coefficient of friction is 0.3. Find the time of that mass?
47) A horizontal force, just sufficient to move a body of mass 4kg lying on a rough
horizontal surface is applied on it. The coefficients of static and kinetic friction
between the body and the surface are 0.8 and 0.6 respectively. If the force
continues to act even after the block has started moving, find the acceleration of
the block in m / s2 ? (g  10m / s2 )
48) The minimum force required to move a body up an inclined plane of inclination
300 is found to be thrice the minimum force required to prevent it from sliding
down the plane. Find the coefficient of friction between the body and the plane?
49) A block of mass ‘m’ is kept on horizontal table. If the static friction coefficient is
 , find the frictional force acting on the block?
50) A block is projected along a rough horizontal road with a speed of 10m/s. If the
coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.10, how far will it travel before coming to rest?

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