A small ball is projected up a smooth inclined plane with initial speed of 10m/s along the direction at $30 ^@$ to the bottom edge of the slope. It returns to the edge after 2 sec. The ball is in contact with the inclined plane throughout the process.?

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What is the inclination of the inclined plane?

Ans : $30^@$

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Answer 1 · 2017-08-30T15:30:19

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the velocity of projection of the ball on the inclined floor $u=10m"/"s$
the angle of projection with the bottom edge of the slope $alpha=30^@$
The effective acceleration due to gravity towards the bottom edge will be $gsintheta$ , considering the angle of inclination of the slope is $theta$ and acceleration due to gravity $g=10m"/"s^2$
The net displacement of the ball along the normal to the bottom edge of the inclined plane during its motion of $t=2 sec$ on the inclined floor is zero .
Hence by applying equation of kinematics we can write

$0=usin30^@xxt-1/2gsinthetaxxt^2$

$=>0=10sin30^@xx2-1/2xx10sinthetaxx2^2$

$=>sintheta=sin30^@$

$=>theta=30^@$