Edexcel M1 2013 June — Question 2

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM1 (Mechanics 1)
Year2013
SessionJune
TopicNewton's laws and connected particles

  1. the tension in the cable,
  2. the magnitude of the force exerted on the woman by the floor of the lift.
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    \end{figure} A box of mass 2 kg is held in equilibrium on a fixed rough inclined plane by a rope. The rope lies in a vertical plane containing a line of greatest slope of the inclined plane. The rope is inclined to the plane at an angle \(\alpha\), where \(\tan \alpha = \frac { 3 } { 4 }\), and the plane is at an angle of \(30 ^ { \circ }\) to the horizontal, as shown in Figure 1. The coefficient of friction between the box and the inclined plane is \(\frac { 1 } { 3 }\) and the box is on the point of slipping up the plane. By modelling the box as a particle and the rope as a light inextensible string, find the tension in the rope.