A truck pulls boxes up an incline plane. The truck can exert a maximum force of 2,800 N2,800N. If the plane's incline is (3 pi )/8 3π8 and the coefficient of friction is 9/7 97, what is the maximum mass that can be pulled up at one time?

1 Answer
Aug 19, 2017

The mass is 417.7kg417.7kg

Explanation:

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Resolving in the direction parallel to the plane ↗^++

Let the force exerted by the truck be =FN=FN

Let the frictional force be =F_rN=FrN

The coefficient of friction mu=F_r/Nμ=FrN

The normal force is N=mgcosthetaN=mgcosθ

Therefore,

F=F_r+mgsinthetaF=Fr+mgsinθ

=muN+mgsintheta=μN+mgsinθ

=mumgcostheta+mgsintheta=μmgcosθ+mgsinθ

m=F/(g(mucostheta+sintheta))m=Fg(μcosθ+sinθ)

=2800/(9.8(9/7*cos(3/8pi)+sin(3/8pi))=28009.8(97cos(38π)+sin(38π))

=417.7kg=417.7kg