A ladder of weight 'w' rests against a smooth vertical wall and rests on rough horizontal ground, the coefficient of friction between the ladder and the ground being $$\frac{1}{4}$$. The maximum angle of inclination of the ladder to the vertical, if a man of weight 'w' is to walk to the top of it safely, is tan-1x, where x is
A. $$\frac{1}{4}$$
B. $$\frac{1}{3}$$
C. 3
D. 4
Answer: Option B
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In case of S.H.M. the period of oscillation (T), is given by
A. $${\text{T}} = \frac{{2\omega }}{{{\pi ^2}}}$$
B. $${\text{T}} = \frac{{2\pi }}{\omega }$$
C. $${\text{T}} = \frac{2}{\omega }$$
D. $${\text{T}} = \frac{\pi }{{2\omega }}$$
The angular speed of a car taking a circular turn of radius 100 m at 36 km/hr will be
A. 0.1 rad/sec
B. 1 rad/sec
C. 10 rad/sec
D. 100 rad/sec
A body is said to move with Simple Harmonic Motion if its acceleration, is
A. Always directed away from the centre, the point of reference
B. Proportional to the square of the distance from the point of reference
C. Proportional to the distance from the point of reference and directed towards it
D. Inversely proportion to the distance from the point of reference
The resultant of two forces P and Q acting at an angle $$\theta $$, is
A. $${{\text{P}}^2} + {{\text{Q}}^2} + 2{\text{P}}\sin \theta $$
B. $${{\text{P}}^2} + {{\text{Q}}^2} + 2{\text{PQ}}\cos \theta $$
C. $${{\text{P}}^2} + {{\text{Q}}^2} + 2{\text{PQ}}\tan \theta $$
D. $$\sqrt {{{\text{P}}^2} + {{\text{Q}}^2} + 2{\text{PQ}}\cos \theta } $$
E. $$\sqrt {{{\text{P}}^2} + {{\text{Q}}^2} + 2{\text{PQ}}\sin \theta } $$
Can anyone provide me the detailed solution?