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A body of mass ‘m’ is released from rest on an inclined plane in an elevator (moving up with acceleration a0). Find the time taken by the body to reach the bottom of the inclined plane

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a

2La0+gsinα

b

2La0+gsinα

c

3La0+gsinα

d

La0+gsinα

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

If we observe from the lift frame of reference, there will be a pseudo force acting downwards of a magnitude F=ma 

So from F.B.D we get 
N=mgcosα+ma0cosαmgsinα+ma0sinα=maa=a0+gsinα 

L=12a0+gsinαt2

t=2La0+gsinα

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A body of mass ‘m’ is released from rest on an inclined plane in an elevator (moving up with acceleration a0). Find the time taken by the body to reach the bottom of the inclined plane