The Inclined Plane Examples
1. A girl sits at the top of a frictionless snow covered hill on her
inner tube. If the hill is inclined to an angle of 25○ to the
horizontal, what will be the girl’s acceleration due to gravity?
2. Evil Kinevil is driving his motorcycle up a ramp inclined at 30○ to
the horizontal before jumping over a row of cars. If there’s a
constant frictional force of 1000 N on the ramp, determine the
force that the motorcycle engine must apply to accelerate the
motorcycle up the ramp at 1/3 g (Assume a total combined mass
of 250.0g).
3. Jane Bond is suspended in the unfortunate frictionless situation
shown below. If Jane has a mass of 75 kg and her car has a
mass of 1500 kg, determine
a) The direction of Jane’s motion.
b) Jane’s acceleration.
c) The tension in the rope.