How Is the Force on Object B Expressed in Terms of Acceleration a?

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sedaw said:
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what is the force work on object B in terms of a ?
If you are looking for the forces acting on B, you must draw a Free Body Diagram of that object, and identify all the forces acting on it, including its weight, the friction force, and the normal force between the 2 blocks. Use Newton's laws in the x and y direction to solve for the minimum acceleration required.
i know that the frictinon should be bigger than the force mBg for that the object will not fall down.
It can't be bigger; for static equilibrium in the y direction, it must be the same.