JEE Main 2021 — Laws Of Motion Question with Solution
From: JEE Main 2021 (Online) 1st September Evening Shift
Question
When a body slides down from rest along a smooth inclined plane making an angle of 30 with the horizontal, it takes time T. When the same body slides down from the rest along a rough inclined plane making the same angle and through the same distance, it takes time T, where is a constant greater than 1. The co-efficient of friction between the body and the rough plane is where x = __________.
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Show full solutionCorrect answer: 3
Correct answer
3
Step-by-step explanation

On smooth incline
a = g sin30
by S = ut + at2
S = T2 = T2 ........ (i)

For rough surface,
Distance covered by the block on the rough surface in time T,
.... (ii)
Distance covered by the block is same for both the case,
[from Eq. (i) and Eq. (ii)]
Comparing with
The value of the x = 3.
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