Kinematics Question 743

Question: A stone of mass of 16 kg is attached to a string 144 m long and it’s whirled in a horizontal circle. The maximum tension the string can withstand it’s 16 Newton. The maximum velocity of revolution that can be given to the stone without breaking it, will be [SCRA 1994]

Options:

A) 20 ms1

B)16 ms1

C) 14 ms1

D)12 ms1

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

Maximum tension = mv2r=16N

therefore 16×v2144=16

therefore v = 12 m/s



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