JEE Main & Advanced Physics NLM, Friction, Circular Motion Sample Paper Topic Test - Friction

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    The time taken by a body in sliding down a rough inclined plane of angle of inclination \[45{}^\circ \] is n times the time taken by the same body in slipping down a similar frictionless plane. The coefficient of dynamic friction between the body and the plane will be

    A) \[1/(1-{{n}^{2}})\]                  

    B) \[1-(1/{{n}^{2}})\]

    C) Ö\[\left\{ 1-(1/{{n}^{2}}) \right\}\]         

    D) Ö\[\left\{ 1/(1-{{n}^{2}}) \right\}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Acceleration when there is no friction is \[a=g\sin \theta \] and acceleration when friction is there is
    \[a'=(g\sin \theta -\mu g\cos \theta )\]
    We know that \[s=ut+\frac{1}{2}a{{t}^{2}},\] under condition of \[u=0,\]
    gives,\[t\text{ }=\sqrt{\left( 2s/a \right)}\].
    Therefore \[t't\text{ }=\sqrt{\left( a/a' \right)}\].
    For our case we get
    \[n=\sqrt{[g\sin \theta /(g\sin \theta -\mu g\cos \theta )]}\]
    \[\Rightarrow \,{{n}^{2}}=g\sin \theta /(g\sin \theta -\mu g\cos \theta )=1/(1-\mu \cot \theta )\]but \[\theta ={{45}^{o}}\]
    \[\Rightarrow \,\,\cot \theta =1\,\,\therefore \,\,{{n}^{2}}=1/(1-\mu )\]  or  \[\mu =1-(1/{{n}^{2}})\]


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