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A 1 kg stone at the end of 1 m long string is whirled in a vertical circle at a constant speed of 4 m/s. The tension in the string is 6 N, when the stone is
(Take g=10 m/s2)

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At the top of the circle
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At the bottom of the circle
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Half way down
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None of above
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Solution

The correct option is A At the top of the circle
Let the position of the stone at an instance as shown in figure.


Centrifugal force acting on the stone,
mv2R=1×421=16 N
Weight of the stone, mg=1×10=10 N
Balancing the forces acting on the stone,
T=mg cos θ+mv2R
6=10cos θ+16
cos θ=1
θ=180
At this angle, the stone will be at the top of the circle.

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