A wooden box of mass 8 Kg slides down an inclined plane of inclination 30o to the horizontal with a constant acceleration of 0.4ms−2. What is the force of friction between the box and inclined plane?[g=10 ms−2]
Given that,
Mass m=8 kg
Inclination θ=300
Acceleration a=0.4 m/s2
g=10 m/s2
We know that,
mgsinθ−Ff=ma
mgsin300−Ff=ma
8×10×12−Ff=8×0.4
−Ff=3.2−40
Ff=36.8N
Hence, the frictional force is 36.8 N