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A stone hanging from a massless string of length 15 m is projected horizontally with speed 12 m s-1. The speed of the particle, at the point where the tension in the string is equal to the weight of the particle, is close to
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Options:
  • A 10 m s-1
  • B 7 m s-1
  • C 12 m s-1
  • D 5 m s-1
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 7 m s-1

u=12 m s-1

T  mg cosθ=mv2l

As, T=mg we get

mg1-cosθ=mv2l

Also we know that

12mv2-12mu2=  mgllcosθ

12mv2-12mu2=-mv2

v=u3=123=6.93 m s-17 m s-1

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