A box of mass m kg is placed on the rear side of an open truck accelerating at 4 m/s 2 . The coefficient of friction between the box and the surface below it is 0.4. The net acceleration of the box with respect to the truck is zero. The value of m is [Given: g = 10 m/s 2 ]
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Clearly the equation holds good for all values of m.
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