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The bob of a simple pendulum has mass 2g and a charge of 5.0μC. It is at rest in a uniform horizontal electric field of intensity 2000 V/m. At equilibrium, the angle that the pendulum makes with the vertical is : (take g=10 m/s2).

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tan1(5.0)
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tan1(2.0)
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tan1(0.5)
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tan1(0.2)
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Solution

The correct option is C tan1(0.5)
tanθ=qEmg=5×106×20002×103×10
tanθ=12θ=tan1(0.5).
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