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The work done by the frictional force on a surface in drawing a circle of radius r on the surface by a pencil of negligible mass with a normal pressing force N (coefficient of friction μk) is?

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4πr2μkN
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2πr2μkN
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3πr2μkN
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2πrμkN
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Solution

The correct option is A 2πrμkN

The kinetic frictional force at any instantaneous position is

fk=μkN.

fk, acts tangentially opposite to the motion of the pencil.

For elementary displacement dl, the work done by fk is dW=fkdl=fkdl

=> W = 2πr0fkdl=μkN2πr0dl

= μN2πr=2πrμkN


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