
A block of mas slides down the face of a smooth wedge of mass as shown in figure. The wedge is placed on a frictionless horizontal surface. Determine the acceleration of the wedge.




Important Questions on Newton's Laws of Motion I

In the figure shown, and are free to move, and they are released from rest. All the surfaces are smooth.

In the pulley system shown in the figure, the block is going up at and the block is going up at . Find the velocity of block .

A system is shown in the figure. A man is pulling the rope from both sides with constant speed . Find the speed of the block.

A rod is shown in the figure. The end of the rod is fixed on the ground. Block is moving with velocity towards the right. The velocity of the end of the rod, when the rod makes an angle of with the ground is

In the figure shown, find the value of [assume string to be tight].

A rod can freely rotate in the vertical plane about the hinge at its bottom. Two strings tie the top of the rod with blocks and as shown in the figure. At the instant shown, the rod is vertical and the speed of the block is Find the speed of block

A lift is moving upwards with a constant speed of . The speed of one of the pulleys is as shown in figure. Then, the speed of second pulley is,
