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JEE Main 2020Laws Of Motion Question with Solution

From: JEE Main 2020 (Online) 6th September Morning Slot

Question

An insect is at the bottom of a hemispherical ditch of radius 1 m. It crawls up the ditch but starts slipping after it is at height h from the bottom. If the coefficient of friction between the ground and the insect is 0.75, then h is :
(g = 10 ms–2)

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Show full solutionCorrect option: C
Correct answer
C0.20 m

Step-by-step explanation

JEE Main 2020 (Online) 6th September Morning Slot Physics - Laws of Motion Question 99 English Explanation 1

For balancing mgsin = f

mgsin = mgcos

tan = =
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 6th September Morning Slot Physics - Laws of Motion Question 99 English Explanation 2
h = R – R cos

= R - R =

h = = = 0.2 m

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