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Consider a block kept on an inclined plane (inclined at ) as shown in the figure. If the force required to just push it up the incline is times the force required to just prevent it from sliding down, the coefficient of friction between the block and inclined plane is equal to :
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The forces acting on block is shown in above figure.
Here, normal force, and frictional force, .
Balancing the force along incline, we have
Now, the forces acting on block to just push it up on inclined plane is shown below.

Balancing the force along incline, we have
Given,
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