APSC 111 Tutorial Set Week 5
M26. A light rope passing over a light frictionless pulley is fastened to a platform and a man on
the platform holds the other end of the rope The man pulls on the rope with sufficient force to give
himself and the platform an upward acceleration of 0.9 m/s2 Find the tension in the rope and the
reaction between the man’s feet and the platform on which he stands. The masses of the man and
the platform are 70 kg and 30 kg respectively (536N, 214N)
M34. A block of mass m1 = 6.0 kg rests on a rough plane which
is inclined at 40◦ to the horizontal. The block is connected to
the load of mass m by a light string which passes over a light
frictionless pulley as shown in the diagram
(a) Initially the block is stationary and the load is increased. If
the block first slips when m = 7.1 kg, what is the coefficient of
static friction between the block and the plane? (0.706)
(b) Once the block has slipped, if the load then falls with
an acceleration of 0.90 m/s2 what is the coefficient of sliding or
kinetic friction between the block and the plane? (0.44)
M35. A small block of mass m=2.0 kg sits
on a wedge-shaped block of mass M=40 kg, as
shown. The coefficient of static friction between
the blocks is µs =0.40, while the horizontal surface
on which the large block rests is smooth. What
is the minimum horizontal force F that must be
applied to the large block to keep the small block
from sliding down the face of the wedge? (221 N)
Extra problem - Should be done for practice
M24. A student’s car has broken down and a professor of physics had kindly offer to tow it. The
cars are on an incline of 20◦ to the horizontal and it is necessary to tow the car up the incline. The
student’s car weighs 11 kN and the professor’s car weighs 13 kN. Assume the frictional forces on
the student’s car can be neglected. Find the maximum distance the car can be towed in the first
10 s if a rope having a breaking strength of 4.5 kN is used. (32.9 m)