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Question

A stone of mass of 16 kg is attached to a string 144 m long and is whirled in a horizontal smooth surface. The maximum tension the string can withstand is 16 N. The maximum speed of revolution of the stone without breaking it, will be :

Options

A.20 ms-1
B.16 ms-1
C.14 ms-1
D.12 ms-1

Solution

r = 144 m, m = 16 kg, Tmax = 16 N
T =
v = = = 10 m/s     Ans.

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