JEE Main & Advanced Physics Two Dimensional Motion Question Bank Critical Thinking

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    A stone of mass 1 kg tied to a light inextensible string of length \[L=\frac{10}{3}m\] is whirling in a circular path of radius \[L\] in a vertical plane. If the ratio of the maximum tension in the string to the minimum tension in the string is 4 and if \[g\] is taken to be \[10m/{{\sec }^{2}}\], the speed of the stone at the highest point of the circle is                                 [CBSE PMT 1990]

    A)             \[20m/\sec \]

    B)               \[10\sqrt{3}m/\sec \]

    C)             \[5\sqrt{2}\,m/\sec \]

    D)               \[10m/\sec \]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                    Since the maximum tension \[{{T}_{B}}\] in the string moving in the vertical circle is at the bottom and minimum tension \[{{T}_{T}}\] is at the top.             \ \[{{T}_{B}}=\frac{mv_{B}^{2}}{L}+mg\] and \[{{T}_{T}}=\frac{mv_{T}^{2}}{L}-mg\]             \ \[\frac{{{T}_{B}}}{{{T}_{T}}}=\frac{\frac{mv_{B}^{2}}{L}+mg}{\frac{mv_{T}^{2}}{L}-mg}=\frac{4}{1}\] or \[\frac{v_{B}^{2}+gL}{v_{T}^{2}-gL}=\frac{4}{1}\]             or \[v_{B}^{2}+gL=4v_{T}^{2}-4gL\] but \[v_{B}^{2}=v_{T}^{2}+4gL\]             \ \[v_{T}^{2}+4gL+gL=4v_{T}^{2}-4gL\]Þ \[3v_{T}^{2}=9gL\]             \ \[v_{T}^{2}=3\times g\times L=3\times 10\times \frac{10}{3}\] or \[{{v}_{T}}=10\,m/\sec \]


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