6.System of Particles and Rotational Motion
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In a physical balance working on the principle of moments, when $5\, mg$ weight is placed on the left pan, the beam becomes horizontal. Both the empty pans of the balance are of equal mass. Which of the following statements is correct?

A

Left arm is longer than the right arm

B

Both the arms are of same length

C

Left arm is shorter than the right arm

D

Every object that is weighed using this balance appears lighter than its actual weight

(JEE MAIN-2017)

Solution

According to principle of moments when a system is stable or balance, the anticlockwise moment is equal to clockwise moment.
i.e., load $ \times $ load arm $=$ effort $ \times $ effort arm

When $5\, mg$ weight is placed, load arm shifts to left side, hence left arm becomes shorter than right arm

Standard 11
Physics

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A frame of reference that is accelerated with respect to an inertial frame of reference is called a non-inertial frame of reference. A coordinate system fixed on a circular disc rotating about a fixed axis with a constant angular velocity $\omega$ is an example of a non-intertial fiame of reference. The relationship between the force $\vec{F}_{\text {rot }}$ experienced by a particle of nass in moving on the rotating disc and the force $\vec{F}_{\text {in }}$ experienced by the particle in an inertial frame of reference is

$\vec{F}_{\text {rot }}=\vec{F}_{\text {in }}+2 m\left(\vec{v}_{\text {rot }} \times \vec{\omega}\right)+m(\vec{\omega} \times \vec{r}) \times \vec{\omega},$

where $\vec{v}_{\text {rot }}$ is the velocity of the particle in the rotating frame of reference and $\bar{r}$ is the position vector of the particle with respect to the centre of the disc.

Now consider a smooth slot along a diameter of a disc of radius $R$ rotating counter-clockwise with a constant angular speed $\omega$ about its vertical axis through its center. We assign a coordinate system with the origin at the center of the disc, the $x$-axis along the slot, the $y$-axis perpendicular to the slot and the $z$-axis along the rotation axis $(\vec{\omega}=\omega \hat{k})$. A sm a $1$ block of mass $m$ is gently placed in the slot at $\vec{r}=(R / 2) \hat{i}$ at $t=0$ and is constrained to move only along the slot.

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($1$) The distance $r$ of the block at time $t$ is

($A$) $\frac{R}{4}\left(e^{\omega t}+e^{-\omega t}\right)$   ($B$) $\frac{R}{2} \cos \omega t$   ($C$) $\frac{R}{4}\left(e^{2 \omega t}+e^{-2 \omega t}\right)$

($D$) $\frac{F}{2} \cos 2 \omega t$

($2$) The net reaction of the disc on the block is

($A$) $\frac{1}{2} m \omega^2 R\left(e^{2 \omega t}-e^{-2 \omega t}\right) \hat{j}+m g \hat{k}$

($B$) $\frac{1}{2} m \omega^2 R\left(e^{\omega t}-e^{-a t t}\right) j+m g k$

($C$) $-m \omega^2 R \cos \omega t \hat{j}-m g \hat{k}$

($D$) $m \omega^2 R \sin \omega t \hat{j}-m g \hat{k}$

Give the answer quetioin ($1$) ($2$)

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(IIT-2016)

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