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An L-shaped object, made of thin rods of uniform mass density, is suspended with a string as shown in the figure. If AB=BC, and the angle made by AB with downward vertical is θ, then:


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tanθ=13
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tanθ=12
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tanθ=23
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D
tanθ=123
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Solution

The correct option is A tanθ=13

Given that, the rod is of uniform mass density and AB=BC

Let the mass of one rod be m.

As the system is in equilibrium, the net torque about the hinged point is zero,

mg(C1P)=mg(C2N)

mg(L2sinθ)=mg(L2cosθLsinθ)

32mgLsinθ=mgL2cosθ

tanθ=13

Hence, option (D) is correct.

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