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a car was moving on a horizontal track with constant acceleration ‘a’. what should be minimum ‘a’ such that a block sticks to front vertical screen(meu)

Profile image of khitish kumar
11 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of Sumit Majumdar
11 Years ago
Dear student,
If the block needs to stick to the vertical screen, then the normal reaction on the block would be given by:
N=ma
For the block to stick, the frictional force should be able to balance the weight of the block, hence:
\mu N=mg\Rightarrow \mu ma=mg\Rightarrow a=\frac{g}{\mu}
Regards
Sumit