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A rectangular box lies on a rough inclined surface. The co-efficient of friction between the surface and the box is μ. Let the mass of the box be m.

(a) At what angle of inclination θ of the plane to the horizontal will the box just start to slide down the plane?


(b) What is the force acting on the box down the plane, if the angle of inclination of the plane is increased to α θ >?


(c) What is the force needed to be applied upwards along the plane to make the box either remain stationary or just move up with uniform speed?


(d) What is the force needed to be applied upwards along the plane to make the box move up the plane with acceleration


a?


(a)For this condition to be true, the forces must balance each other.
The frictional force(f) is given by:



Therefore,





where, μ is the coefficient of friction, N is the normal to the surface, g is the acceleration due to gravity and θ is the angle of the incline.


So for θ equal to tan-1(μ), the box just starts to slide.


(b) From the figure, we can resolve the forces for

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