A car moving with a speed of 54 km/h takes a turn of radius 20 m. A simple pendulum is suspended from the ceiling of the car. Determine the angle made by the string of the pendulum with the vertical during the turning. (Take g=10 m/s2)
- -1(0.5)
- -1(0.75)
- -1(1.125)
- -1(0.25)
Answer
(3) -1(1.125)
Solution
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In the frame of the car the bob is at rest under T, mg and the outward pseudo force mv2r
v=54 km/h=54 518=15 m/s
Vertical: T =mg
Horizontal: T = mv2r
= v2rg= 15220 10= 225200=1.125
= -1(1.125)
Answer: (3)