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A ball is placed in a trough as shown. This can be categorised as equilibrium.

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unstable
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stable
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neutral
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Solution

The correct option is B stable

When we try displacing the ball a little from its mean position. What happens?

The ball tries coming back to its mean position. Hence, this is the case of stable equilibrium.


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