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JEE Main 2002Laws Of Motion Question with Solution

From: AIEEE 2002

Question

When forces are acting on a particle of mass such that and are mutually perpendicular, then the particle remains stationary. If the force is now removed then the acceleration of the particle is

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When and are acting on a particle then the particle remains stationary. This means that the resultant of and is zero. When is removed then particle will start moving due to the force and in the resultant of and and it should be equal and opposite to

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