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A car is moving in a circular horizontal track of radius 10 m with a constant speed of 10 m/s. A plumb bob is suspended from roof by a light rigid rod of length 1 m. What is the angle made by the rod with the track?

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In the reference frame of the car the bob will experience a centrifugal force radially outwards. The vector sum of the three forces acting on the bob (the weight, the tension and the centrifugal force) will be equal to zero.

The different forces acting on the bob are shown in the Figure. Resolving the force along the length and perpendicular to the rod, we have

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