Year: 1994
Paper: 1
Question Number: 11
Course: LFM Pure and Mechanics
Section: Motion on a slope
No solution available for this problem.
Difficulty Rating: 1500.0
Difficulty Comparisons: 0
Banger Rating: 1469.5
Banger Comparisons: 2
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The diagram shows a small railway wagon $A$ of mass $m$ standing
at the bottom of a smooth railway track of length $d$ inclined at
an angle $\theta$ to the horizontal. A light inextensible string,
also of length $d$, is connected to the wagon and passes over a light
frictionless pulley at the top of the incline. On the other end of
the string is a ball $B$ of mass $M$ which hangs freely. The system
is initially at rest and is then released.
\begin{questionparts}
\item Find the condition which $m,M$ and $\theta$ must satisfy
to ensure that the ball will fall to the ground. Assuming that this
condition is satisfied, show that the velocity $v$ of the ball when
it hits the ground satisfies
\[
v^{2}=\frac{2g(M-m\sin\theta)d\sin\theta}{M+m}.
\]
\item Find the condition which $m,M$ and $\theta$ must satisfy
if the wagon is not to collide with the pulley at the top of the incline.
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