Mass placed on moving conveyer , calculating for the slide of mass

[jatin1990]

Homework Statement

A heavy block of mass m is slowly placed on a conveyer belt moving with speed v. If coefficient of friction between block and the belt is u (mu), the block will slide on the belt through distance ?

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The Attempt at a Solution

i am not able to understand this question, please help me to understand and show me way to get command over this type questions.
Thank you.

 

[tiny-tim]

hi jatin1990!

A heavy block of mass m is slowly placed on a conveyer belt moving with speed v. If coefficient of friction between block and the belt is u (mu), the block will slide on the belt through distance ?
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i am not able to understand this question …

the block starts with speed 0

at first, it will slide on the belt, in other words its speed will be less than v

eventually, its speed will equal v, and it will stop sliding

so you need to find the maximum horizontal force on the block, and the maximum acceleration …

how far will the block travel on the belt to go from speed 0 to speed v with that acceleration? ​