A boy is whirling a stone tied with a string in a horizontal circular path If the string breaks the ...

Question

A boy is whirling a stone tied with a string in a horizontal circular path If the string breaks the stone a will continue to move in the circular path b will move along a straight line towards the center of the circular path c will move along a straight line tangential to the circular path d will move along a straight line perpendicular to the circular path away from the boy

Accepted Answer

The answer is c will move along a straight line tangential to the circular path Explanation At any instance of time objects in circular motion tend to be in rectilinear motion The object keeps on moving due to centripetal force and it moves along a straight line tangential to the circular path when strings break

NCERT Exemplar Solutions Class 9 Science Solutions for Gravitation - Exercise in Chapter 10 - Gravitation