A simple pendulum is suspended from the ceiling of a car taking a turn of radius 10 m at a speed of 36 km/h. Find the angle (in degree) made by the string of the pendulum with the vertical if this angle does not change during the turn. Take g = 10 m/s 2 .
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(45º)
Sol. V = 10 m/s
tan θ = 
⇒ θ = tan – 1 
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