Recall that Newton's second law is valid only for inertial frames and hence you must be...

 

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Recall that Newton's second law is valid only for inertial frames and hence you must be careful on its application. The standard problem of a block sliding down an incline plane uses an immovable inclined plane. for its solution, a coordinate system attached to the incline plane. This frame is inertial since the included plane is not moving. This makes the problem straightforward. Solve it again with a movable inclined plane: A block of mass m is placed on a wedge of mass M and angle as shown in the figure. What is the value of the acceleration of the block and what is the normal force from the incline on the block? Recall that Newton's second law is valid only for inertial frames and hence you must be careful on its application. The standard problem of a block sliding down an incline plane uses an immovable inclined plane. for its solution, a coordinate system attached to the incline plane. This frame is inertial since the included plane is not moving. This makes the problem straightforward. Solve it again with a movable inclined plane: A block of mass m is placed on a wedge of mass M and angle as shown in the figure. What is the value of the acceleration of the block and what is the normal force from the incline on the block?

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