Wave Mechanics Question 610

Question: The time period of simple pendulum of length 1m suspended in a car that is moving with constant speed 36 km/hr around a circle of radius 10mis:

Options:

A) $ \pi \sqrt{2}\sec $

B) $ \frac{\pi }{10}\sqrt{2}\sec $

C) $ \frac{\pi }{10\sqrt{2}}\sec $

D) $ \frac{5\pi }{\sqrt{2}}\sec $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

[b] Given, $ V=36\times \frac{5}{18}m/s=10/s $ , $ g=10m/s^{2},,r=10m,,l=1m $

$ T=2\pi \sqrt{\frac{\ell }{g^{2}+{{( \frac{v^{2}}{r} )}^{2}}}}=2\pi \sqrt{\frac{1}{10^{2}+{{( \frac{100}{10} )}^{2}}}} $

$ =\frac{\pi }{10}\sqrt{2}\sec $