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Grade 12Mechanics

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Find the displacement of the wedge when m comes out of the wedge. There is no friction anywhere.

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8 Years agoGrade 12
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Since no external force acts on system in the horizontal direction, the center of mass remains at same place during whole process.
Thereforem(-l)+m(lcos\theta)+Mx=0
\implies x=\dfrac{m}{M}l(1-cos\theta)