Two wooden blocks are moving on a smooth horizontal surface such that the mass m remains stationary with respect to block of mass M as shown in figure. The magnitude of force P is:

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Two wooden blocks are moving on a smooth horizontal surface such that the mass m remains stationary with respect to block of mass M as shown in figure. The magnitude of force P is:

Nitendra Kumar 21st Sep, 2019

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Abhishek Masand 26th Dec, 2019

Hii,

The solution to this is as follows:

Acceleration of the system: a* P/M+m.........(1)
The FBD of mass mm is shown.
Rsinβ=ma.....(2)
Rcosβ=mg..... (3)
A => anβ
Putting the value of a in (1), we get

P=(M+m)>anβ

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