The minimum acceleration that must be imparted to the cart in the figure so that the block $A$ will not fall (given $\mu$ is the coefficient of friction between the surfaces of the block and the cart) is given by

$A$ child stands on a weighing machine inside a lift. When the lift is going down with acceleration $\frac{g}{3}$,the machine shows a reading $20 \ N$. When the lift goes upwards with acceleration $\frac{g}{3}$,the reading would be ($g=$ gravitational acceleration). (in $N$)

An elevator is moving vertically up with an acceleration $a$. The force exerted on the floor by a passenger of mass $m$ is:

$A$ girl drops an apple from the window of a train which is moving on a straight track with speed increasing at a constant rate. The trajectory of the falling apple as seen by the girl is

$A$ block of mass $m$ is in contact with the cart $C$ as shown in the figure. The coefficient of static friction between the block and the cart is $\mu$. The acceleration $\alpha$ of the cart that will prevent the block from falling satisfies:

$A$ ball is suspended on a thread from the ceiling of a car. The brakes are applied and the speed of the car changes from $5 \, m/s$ to $5/3 \, m/s$ during a time interval of $3 \, s$. Find the angle $\theta$ that the thread will deviate from the vertical.