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Subject:a horizontal plane supports.........................
A horizontal plane supports a plank with a bar of mass m placed on it attached by a light elastic non deformed cord of length L to a point O. The coefficient of friction between the bar and the plank is k=.20. The plank is slowly shifted to thje right until the bar starts sliding over it . It occurs at the moment when the cord deviates from the vertical at an angle @=30. find the work that has been performed by that moment by the frictional force acting on the bar in the reference frame fixed to the plane.