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A uniform sphere is placed on a smooth horizontal surface and a horizontal force F is applied on it at a distance h above the surface. The acceleration of the center

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Is Maximum when h=0
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is maximum when h=R
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is maximum when h=2R
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is independent of h.
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Solution

The correct option is D is independent of h.
Remember all those examples where a body was thrown and different particles of a body take very different trajectories but only one point ( COM ) takes a parabola. and this is the point where whole body appears as a point mass.

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