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A solid cone of height has a circular base of radius . It rests on an inclined plane without slipping. What is the maximum angle of the inclined plane at which the cone is just on the point of toppling?



Important Questions on Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body
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A door high and wide weighs . A hinge from the top and another from the bottom, each supports half the door's weight. Assume that the CG is at the geometrical centre of the door. Determine the horizontal and vertical force components exerted by each hinge on the door.

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11th West Bengal Board
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The left and the right arm of a balance beam are and long. The rod rests in a horizontal position without any scale-pan. The rod also rests in a horizontal position if two scale-pans of unequal weights are suspended from the two ends of the beam. A body is now placed on the right scale-pan and a mass of is placed on the left scale-pan to make the beam horizontal. Find the true weight of the body.

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A cube of uniform side and mass rests on a rough horizontal table. A horizontal force is applied normal to one of the faces at a point that is directly above the centre of the face at a height above the base. For what minimum value of , the cube begins to tip about an edge?

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Three masses and are situated at the corners of an equilateral triangle with sides long. Find the distance of the centre of gravity from the corner where is kept.

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11th West Bengal Board
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A square hole has been punched out of a circular sheet in such a manner that the radius of the circle is a diagonal of the square. If be the diameter of the circle, show that the CG of the remaining portion of the sheet is at a distance of from the centre of the circle.

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11th West Bengal Board
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Two particles of masses and are situated on the and axes respectively at a distance and from the origin. Locate the centre of mass of the system.

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A small sphere of radius is held against the inner surface of a larger sphere of radius The
masses of large and small spheres are and respectively. The arrangement is placed on a horizontal table. There is no friction between any surfaces of contact. The small spheres is now released. Find the coordinates of the centre of the larger sphere when the smaller sphere reaches the other extreme position.

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11th West Bengal Board
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A bowling ball of mass and radius is thrown so that the instant it touches the floor it is moving with a velocity horizontally and is not rotating. The coefficient of friction between the ball and the floor is . Find the time the ball slides.
