A car is sliding down freely on an inclined plane with acceleration ‘a’ without any external force, now if we consider the plane to be frictional less then which of the following statement is correct

A car is sliding down freely on an inclined plane with acceleration ‘a’ without any external force, now if we consider the plane to be frictional less then which of the following statement is correct Correct Answer The rate at which the car is acceleration will only depend on acceleration due to gravity and angle of inclined.

CONCEPT:

Friction Force: It is a kind of resisting force that acts between two contact bodies to avoid relative motion between them.

  • It is formed due to the close interaction of charged particles at the surface of the bodies due to electromagnetic forces.
  • Mathematically it is represented as Friction force = μ N.
  • Where N = normal force = m × g
  • Normal force: It is a force that is exerted by the surface perpendicular to the body. It is a component of the contact force.

 

[ alt="F1 J.S 18.5.20 Pallavi D 1" src="//storage.googleapis.com/tb-img/production/20/05/F1_J.S_18.5.20_Pallavi_D%201.png" style="width: 301px; height: 146px;">

Explanation:

  • From the given condition if a car was sliding down on an inclined frictionless plane, its Freebody diagram can be represented as given below

[ alt="F3 J.S Madhu 22.05.20 D2" src="//storage.googleapis.com/tb-img/production/20/05/F3_J.S_Madhu_22.05.20_D2.png" style="width: 193px; height: 189px;">

  • In this, we can see that the rate at which car can acceleration freely will be directly proportional to sin component of acceleration due to gravity

          i.e., a = g sin θ

  • This means that the acceleration of the car will only depend on acceleration due to gravity and the angle of inclination of the given plane.

Here,

a = acceleration of the car

g = acceleration due to gravity

θ = angle of inclination

Related Questions

Each of the question below consists of a question and three statements number I, II and III given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statement are sufficient to answer the question. If the bus is travelling from Surat to Ahmadabad and a car is travelling from Ahmadabad to Surat, then what is the distance between Surat and Ahmadabad? I. The speed of a car is 40% less than the speed of bus. Bus started at 9 am and car started at 10 am and they meet at 3 pm of the same day. II. After travelling for 1 hour, because of traffic average speed of bus is decreased by 20% and covers distance between Surat to Ahmadabad in 11 hours. Original speed of car is 20% less than original speed of bus and before crossing bus it covered 200 km if starts 1 hour later than bus. After crossing car, bus covers remaining distance in 5 hours. III. Speed of bus is 10 km/hr more than the speed of car and before crossing car ratio of distances covered bus and car in same time was 5 : 4. Time taken by car to cover the distance between Ahmadabad and Surat is 2 hours 15 minutes more than time taken by bus to cover the same distance.