A pendulum has length of $0.4 \mathrm{~m}$ and maximum speed $4 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$. When the length…

A pendulum has length of $0.4 \mathrm{~m}$ and maximum speed $4 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$. When the length makes an angle $30^{\circ}$ with the horizontal, its speed will be $\left[\sin \frac{\pi}{6}=\cos \frac{\pi}{3}=0 \cdot 5\right.$ and $\left.\mathrm{g}=10 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}^{2}\right]$
  1. $2 \sqrt{2} \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$
  2. $\sqrt{3} \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$
  3. $2 \sqrt{5} \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$
  4. $2 \sqrt{3} \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$

Solution

A pendulum has length of $0.4 \mathrm{~m}$ and maximum speed $4 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$. When the length makes an angle $30^{\circ}$ with the horizontal, its speed will be $2 \sqrt{3} \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$. Explanation: $h=L-L \cos 0=L(1-\cos \theta)$ $=0.4\left(1-\cos 60^{\circ}\right)$ $=0.4\left(1-\frac{1}{2}\right)$ $=0.4 \times \frac{1}{2}$ $=0.2$ $\frac{1}{2} m v_{1}^{2}=\frac{1}{2} m v_{2}^{2}+m g h$ $v_{1}^{2}=v_{2}^{2}+2 g h$ $\therefore v_{2}^{2}=v_{1}^{2}-2 g h$ $=(4)^{2}-2 \times 10 \times 0.2$ $=16-4=12$ $\therefore v_{2}=\sqrt{12}=2 \sqrt{3} m / s$

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (12 Oct Shift 1)

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