Understanding inertia and tangential velocity in circular motion is key to predicting the motion of an object when the centripetal force is removed.
A piece of stone tied to a string is made to revolve in a circular orbit of radius r with other end of the string as the centre. If the string breaks, the stone will :
Asked in UPSC CAPF 2016 · Topic: Mechanics (Newton's Laws of Motion and their applications)
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