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Grade 11General Physics

a pendulum of mass m hangs from a support fixed to a trolley.the direction of the string when the trolley rools up a inclined plane of angle alpha with acceleration a is

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8 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Vikas TU
8 Years ago
Dear Student,
When U draw the FBD and do the components of the tension and mg forces,
U will get the relations as:
m = mass of pendulum
it hangs with angle alpha
a  = acceleration of the string
 g = acceleration due to gravity
alpha = tan-1(a/g).
 
Cheers!!
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Vikas (B. Tech. 4th year
Thapar University)