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Quiz 3

09/16/2008

Ch. 4

1) In the figure above the rope and pulley are massless and frictionless. M1 = 2kg.

a) If the static coefficient of friction between the ramp and M1 is 0.5, what is the largest mass that M2 can have without causing the block to move?

b) If the ramp is frictionless and M2 = 1kg, what is the acceleration?