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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 
; T cos θ = mg tan θ =
; θ = tan-1 Create a free account to view solution
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