A body of weight 'W' is required to move up on rough inclined plane whose angle of inclination with the horizontal is 'α'. The effort applied parallel to the plane is given by (where μ = tanφ = Coefficient of friction between the plane and the body.)

The resultant of two equal forces P making an angle $$\theta ,$$ is given by

A. $$2{\text{P}}\sin \frac{\theta }{2}$$

B. $$2{\text{P}}\cos \frac{\theta }{2}$$

C. $$2{\text{P}}\tan \frac{\theta }{2}$$

D. $$2{\text{P}}\cot \frac{\theta }{2}$$

A framed structure is perfect, if the number of members are __________ (2j - 3), where j is the number of joints.

A. Equal to

B. Less than

C. Greater than

D. None of these

If a number of forces are acting at a point, their resultant is given by

A. $${\left( {\sum {\text{V}} } \right)^2} + {\left( {\sum {\text{H}} } \right)^2}$$

B. $$\sqrt {{{\left( {\sum {\text{V}} } \right)}^2} + {{\left( {\sum {\text{H}} } \right)}^2}} $$

C. $${\left( {\sum {\text{V}} } \right)^2} + {\left( {\sum {\text{H}} } \right)^2} + 2\left( {\sum {\text{V}} } \right)\left( {\sum {\text{H}} } \right)$$

D. $$\sqrt {{{\left( {\sum {\text{V}} } \right)}^2} + {{\left( {\sum {\text{H}} } \right)}^2} + 2\left( {\sum {\text{V}} } \right)\left( {\sum {\text{H}} } \right)} $$

The linear acceleration (a) of a body rotating along a circular path of radius (r) with an angular acceleration of $$\alpha $$ rad/s², is

A. $${\text{a}} = \frac{\alpha }{{\text{r}}}$$

B. $${\text{a}} = \alpha {\text{r}}$$

C. $${\text{a}} = \frac{{\text{r}}}{\alpha }$$

D. None of these