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In an experiment, a boy plots a graph between vmax2 and amax2 for a simple pendulum for different values of (small) amplitudes, where vmax and amax is the maximum velocity and the maximum acceleration respectively. He found the graph to be a straight line with a negative slope, making an angle of 30° when the experiment was conducted on the earth surface. When the same experiment was conducted at a height h above the surface, the line was at an angle of 60°. The value of h is [radius of the earth = R]
PhysicsGravitationJEE Main
Options:
  • A 0.5R
  • B 0.24R
  • C 0.73R
  • D R
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The correct answer is: 0.73R

For a simple pendulum,

ω=gl

vmax=Aω

amax=-Aω2

vmaxamax2=1ω2=tanθ

ω=gl=1tan θ

∴   g=ltan θ

∴   gsurfacegheight=tan60°tan30°=R+h2R2

h=0.73R

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