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A simple pendulum having a bob of mass m is suspended from the ceiling of a car used in a stunt film shooting. The car moves up along an inclined cliff at a speed v and makes a jump to leave the cliff and lands at some distance. Let R be the maximum height of the car from the top of the cliff. The tension in the string when the car is in air is(a) mg(b) mg - mv2/R(c) mg + mv2/R(d) zero. |
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Answer» (d) zero. Explanation: During the jump of the car from the cliff its trajectory is like a projectile and from the maximum height it is freely falling under gravity with an acceleration g downward. Taking it as frame of reference, it is a non-inertial frame of reference. So a pseudo force equal to mg has to be applied to the bob in upward direction which neutralizes the weight and making it zero. So tension in the string is zero. |
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