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Show that a cylinder will slip on an inclined plane of inclination angle θ if the coefficient of static friction between plane and cylinder is less than src=data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAA4AAAApCAIAAACKg48IAAAAgUlEQVQ4je2T2wnAIAxF71wZKPNkmiyTYepHoak1vhBKkd5fj+GKOTiGgxVUGWDtoCaEMx3UhMVGp04U+AZqQgCJNVFl5HlcWPqtnVDU806BjVEXNpbWUWVfUOVyXWsFImsi1IQiZXLUnQlEjAvMdDWhYjLuh9ec0PCa3N1nNfOjCaOoG55WbHmZAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC tan θ

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11 Years agoGrade upto college level
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11 Years ago
The linear acceleration of the rolling cylinder can be written using Newton’s second law of motion as:
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The frictional force is also responsible for rotating the cylinder, and therefore, the torque due to frictional force gives the angular acceleration,
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