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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)

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)
 

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Sumit Majumdar IIT Delhi
askIITians Faculty 137 Points
9 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

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