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Grade 12Mechanics

if a trolley is moving with initial acceleration 10 metre per second square and a pendulum is placed inside the trolley and Bob is stationary find theta

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Profile image of Gayathri
8 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Khimraj
8 Years ago
Let mass of Bob is m then
Backward force(psuedo force) Fb = ma
Downward force Fd = mg
Then tan\Theta = Fb/FFd = a/g
So \Theta = tan^{-1}(a/g).
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8 Years ago
If a = 10 then
\Theta =  45.