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A pendulum is suspended from the roof of a rail road car. When the car is moving on a circular track, the pendulum inclines-

  • Option 1)

    Forward

  • Option 2)

    Backward

  • Option 3)

    Towards the center of path

  • Option 4)

    Away from the center

 

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As we learnt in

Non Inertial Frame of Reference -

Accelerated frames are Non Inertial.

Examples- car moving with uniform circular motion, plane which is taking off.

- wherein

Newton's law are not valid 

\vec a\neq0,      if \vec{F}= 0

\ast pseudo \left ( -m\vec{a} \right ) act on the body.

- means direction opposite  

 

 Away from the centre (because of the non-inertial frame)

 


Option 1)

Forward

Incorrect option

Option 2)

Backward

Incorrect option

Option 3)

Towards the center of path

Incorrect option

Option 4)

Away from the center

correct option

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prateek

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Away from the center

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Sibasish Nayak

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