# Acclerating plane

#### huskydc

this is another post, but i just want to post it in this room and see if ANYONE knows how to solve this:
I've tried everything, now i'm getting depererate

An inclined plane that makes an angle of 28° to the horizontal is mounted on wheels. A small block of mass m = 1.2 kg rests on the plane, held there by a coefficient of static friction µ = 0.73.

The plane is accelerating to the right. What is the minimum acceleration in order that the block slides down the plane?

Any help would be great !!!!!

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#### Pyrrhus

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Apply Newton's 2nd Law and solve for a.

The 0 degrees with the horizontal system of coordinates will be the easier one.

#### huskydc

i came up with the following, after lots of equation, i used it to solve for a, didn't work either

g sin (theta) - mu (a sin (theta) + g cos (theta) ) = a cos (theta)

#### Pyrrhus

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Well, with the coordinate system set as i said above.

$$\sum F_{x} = ma = - n \sin \theta + F_{f} \cos \theta$$

$$\sum F_{y} = 0 = F_{friction} \sin \theta + n \cos \theta - mg$$

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