Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2011

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    A particle moves in the xy-plane under the action of a force F such that the components of its linear momentum p at any time f are \[{{P}_{x}}=2\cos \,t,\,{{P}_{y}}=\sin \,t.\] The angle between F and p at time t is

    A)  \[{{90}^{\text{o}}}\]                                     

    B)  \[{{0}^{\text{o}}}\]

    C)  \[{{180}^{\text{o}}}\]                   

    D)         \[{{30}^{\text{o}}}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    \[{{p}_{x}}=2\cos t,\,\,{{p}_{y}}=2\sin t\] \[\therefore \]  \[p={{p}_{x}}\,\,i+{{p}_{y}}\,\,j\]                 \[=2\cos t\,\,i+2\sin t\,\,j\] Force = rate of change of momentum                 \[=\frac{d\,\,p}{dt}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[F=-2\sin t\,\,i+2\cos t\,\,j\] \[\therefore \]  \[\cos \theta =\frac{F\cdot p}{\left| F \right|\cdot \left| p \right|}\] \[=\frac{(-2\sin t\,\,i+2\cos t\,\,j)(2\cos t\,\,i+2\sin t\,\,j)}{\sqrt{4{{\sin }^{2}}t+4{{\cos }^{2}}t}\sqrt{4{{\cos }^{2}}t+4{{\sin }^{2}}t}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\cos \theta =0\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\theta ={{90}^{o}}\]


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