2 Answers
Subhomoy Bakshi
·2011-03-11 23:56:32
let the length of the left side be a and right side be b.
by triangle equality,
asinβ = bsinα = k(say)
so, a = k sinβ; b= ksinα; total length=k(sinα+sinβ)
let mass per unit length be x.
force down the plane in left = ksinβsinα
force down the plane in right = ksinαsinβ
Net force = 0
no accn.!
if for any shape the two ends of the rope are at same horizontal level, then the net accn is always ZERO!