A truck pulls boxes up an incline plane. The truck can exert a maximum force of 4,000N. If the plane's incline is 5π8 and the coefficient of friction is 98, what is the maximum mass that can be pulled up at one time?

1 Answer
Mar 8, 2018

The mass is =501.9kg

Explanation:

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Resolving in the direction parallel to the plane +

Let the force exerted by the truck be F=4000N

Let the frictional force be =FrN

The coefficient of friction μ=FrN=98

The normal force is N=mgcosθ

The angle of the plane is θ=58π

The acceleration due to gravity is g=9.8ms2

Therefore,

F=Fr+mgsinθ

=μN+mgsinθ

=μmgcosθ+mgsinθ

m=Fg(μcosθ+sinθ)

=40009.8(98cos(58π)+sin(58π))

=501.9kg