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  4. A car is moving in a circular horizontal track of radius 10 m with a constant speed of 10 ms -1. A bob is suspended from the roof of the car by a light wire of length 1.0 m. The angle made by the wire with the vertical is (in radian)

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Q. A car is moving in a circular horizontal track of radius $10\, m$ with a constant speed of $10 \,ms ^{-1}$. A bob is suspended from the roof of the car by a light wire of length $1.0 \,m$. The angle made by the wire with the vertical is (in radian)

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Solution:

$\tan \theta=\frac{V^{2}}{2 g}=\frac{10 \times 10}{10 \times 10}=1$
$\theta=\frac{\pi}{4}$