Join ExamsbookAnswer : 2. "it will continue to travel along a tangent to the circle at the point the ball was at the time of snapping and finally fall down"
A boy is swinging a ball attached to a string in a horizontal circle.If the string snaps5
Q: A boy is swinging a ball attached to a string in a horizontal circle.If the string snaps
- 1the ball will travel towards the center of the circle and fall downfalse
- 2it will continue to travel along a tangent to the circle at the point the ball was at the time of snapping and finally fall downtrue
- 3it will fall down at the same place where the string breaksfalse
- 4none of thesefalse
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Answer : 2. "it will continue to travel along a tangent to the circle at the point the ball was at the time of snapping and finally fall down"
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Answer: B) it will continue to travel along a tangent to the circle at the point the ball was at the time of snapping and finally fall down Explanation: The centripetal force having been removed the body cannot execute the curved path. (B) is Correct.