GravitationHard
Question
Two metallic balls of mass m are suspended by two strings of length L. The distance between upper ends is l. The angle at which the string will be inclined with vertical due to attraction, is (m << M, where M is the mass of Earth) : -
Options
A.tan-1
B.tan-1 
C.tan-1
D.tan-1 
Solution
T sin θ =
; T cos θ = mg
tan θ =
; θ = tan-1 

tan θ =

Create a free account to view solution
View Solution FreeMore Gravitation Questions
A cavity of radius R/2 is made inside a solid sphere of radius R. The centre of the cavity is located at a distance R/2 ...For a planet having mass equal to mass of the earth but radius is one fourth of radius of the earth, Then escape velocit...Suppose, the acceleration due to gravity at the Earth′s is 10 ms-2 and at the surface of Mars it is 4.0 ms-2. A 60...Mark the correct statement/s : -...Escape velocity of a body from the surface of Earth is 11.2 km/sec. from the Earth surface. If the mass of Earth becomes...