Exam 1 - Problem 1
Exam 1 - Problem 1
(a) First - we need to make sure that the string doesn't break. That will happen when:
and we also we need to make sure that the small block does not slide off the big block:
(b) (c) The decceleration is constant so the time to stop and the stopping distance can be computed:
and so the number of revolutions is just:
