# An interesting mechanics problem

Here is the problem Here is the solution

Note by Talulah Riley
5 months, 1 week ago

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@Karan Chatrath I am not able to think faster than this method.
If there is any alternative, please share..

- 5 months, 1 week ago

@Karan Chatrath Thanks for guiding.

- 5 months, 1 week ago

Try to think of a faster way to solve this problem. There is one.

- 5 months, 1 week ago

@Karan Chatrath is there any alternative method exist.?

- 5 months, 1 week ago

Euler-Lagrange? Idk... this problem actually seems pretty complicated. Haven't actually tried it out... but from what I think, a Newtonian approach wouldn't be very ideal.

Perhaps energy conservation? Try both approaches.

- 5 months, 1 week ago

@Krishna Karthik Karan sir said that “Try to think of a faster way to solve this problem. There is one.”
I don't think that energy conservation will help.
Hope Karan sir will give us useful insights.

- 5 months, 1 week ago

Yeah, true. It won't really work in terms of computing the normal force. Well.

- 5 months, 1 week ago