Engineering
Physics
Variable Mass System

Question

A vertical frictionless semicircular track of radius 1m is fixed on the edge of a movable trolley as shown in the figure. Initially the system is at  rest and a mass m is kept at the top of the track. The trolley starts moving to the right with a uniform horizontal acceleration a=2g/9. The mass slides down the track, eventually losing contact with it and dropping to the floor 1.3m below the trolley. (g=10m/s2)

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Linked Question 1

Calculate the angle q at which it looses contact with the trolley and

35

 37°

40

-37

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Linked Question 2

the time taken by the mass to drop on the floor, after losing contact.

55

0.68

0.38s

0.50s

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