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Grade 11General Physics

A meter stick of mas 400g is pivoted at one end and displaced through an angle of 60degree... The increase in p.e is??

Profile image of Daniyal Shaikh
9 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Vikas TU
9 Years ago
The change in potential energy would be perhaps:
=> mgl/2 – mgl(1 – cos60)/2
=> [mgl/2][1 – 1/2]
=>mgl/4
=> 400*10*1/4*1000
=> 1 Joule.