Frictionless Incline
Part of the Mechanics section of Coddy's Physics journey. Lesson 22 of 97.
On a frictionless ramp only gravity acts along the slope, so the mass cancels:
No friction: only mg and N act, and the acceleration points down the slope.
On a ramp , for every mass. A rope pulling up the slope with adds a term: .
Challenge
A winch pulls a cart up a frictionless ramp with a rope parallel to the slope. The rope pulls with = . Find the acceleration of the cart.
Try it yourself
Solve for
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