Example - Inclined Plane 1
- Author:
- William Haynes
Dimension h is to be determined so that a worker can comfortably slide boxes weighing up to 100 lb up a frictionless incline. If the worker can apply a 50 lb force to the box, what is the largest value h should have? How would the answer change if the worker applied a horizontal force, instead of a force parallel to the incline?