A mass of M kg is suspended by a weightless string. The horizontal force that is required to displace it until the string makes an angle of 45o with the initial vertical direction:
The correct option is C Mg√2
tan45∘ =fmg ⇒f=mg2 tan45∘=fmg⇒f=mg√2tan45∘ =mgf ⇒f=2 mg