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General Knowledge · Q797

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Competitive Exams · General Knowledge · question 797

Q797

A boy is swinging a ball attached to a string in a horizontal circle. If the string snaps

A.
The ball will travel towards the center of the circle and fall down
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
Answer
C.
It will fall down at the same place where the string breaks
D.
None of these

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
A boy is swinging a ball attached to a string in a horizontal circle. If the string snaps 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.