Engineering Mechanics
A block of mass 20 kg lying on a rough horizontal plane is connected by a light string passing over a smooth pulley to another mass 5 kg, which can move freely in the Vertical direction, as shown in the below figure. The tension in the string will ___________ with the increase in coefficient of friction.

Decrease
Increase
None of these
Not be effected

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Engineering Mechanics
Varingon's theorem of moments states that if a number of coplanar forces acting on a particle are in equilibrium, then

Their lines of action are at equal distances
Their algebraic sum is zero
The algebraic sum of their moments about any point is equal to the moment of their resultant force about the same point
The algebraic sum of their moments about any point in their plane is zero

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