Two-Body Friction
Two blocks ( and ) with respectively masses 2 kg and 1.5 kg are joined by a massless thread. These blocks are mounted on a frictionless pully which is fixed on the edge of a cube , as shown in the figure below. Block is positioned on the top surface which has no friction and block is in contact with side-surface, having coefficient friction . The cube ( ) moves towards the right with acceleration of , where is gravitational acceleration. During this movement the block and remain stationary. The value of is ______ (take )

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Answer: (b)
- In the cube's frame, a pseudo force acts to the left on each block.
- P (smooth top): N
- Q: pseudo force presses it on the side face, N.
- Vertical on Q: N (upward)
- , so the answer is (b).