VMMC VMMC Medical Solved Paper-2006

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    A heavy stone hanging from a massless string of length 15 m is projected horizontally with speed 147 m/s. The speed of the particle at the point where the tension in the string equals the weight of the particle is?

    A) 10 m/s                 

    B) 7 m/s                    

    C) 12 m/s                 

    D)        None of these

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    \[mg-mg\cos \theta =\frac{m{{v}^{2}}}{l}\] or            \[\frac{{{v}^{2}}}{l}=g(1-cos\theta )\] \[{{v}^{2}}=gl(1-cos\theta )\]                                     ?(1) Applying conservation of energy \[\frac{1}{2}mgl=\frac{1}{2}m{{v}^{2}}+mg(1-cos\theta )\]                 \[{{v}^{2}}=gl-2gl(1-cos\theta )\]                              ?(2) Solving Eqs. (1) and (2), we get \[\theta ={{\cos }^{-1}}\frac{2}{3}\] From Eq. (1) \[{{v}^{2}}=10\times 15\left( 1-\frac{2}{3} \right)=150\left( \frac{1}{3} \right)=50\] \[\therefore \]  \[v=\sqrt{50}=7m/s\]


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