CBSE-XI-Physics
09: Centre of Mass, Linear Momentum, Collision
- #6A bob suspended from the ceiling of a car which is accelerating on a horizontal road. The bob stays at rest with respect to the car with the string making an angle θ with the vertical. The linear momentum of the bob as seen from the road is increasing with time. Is it a violation of conservation of linear momentum? If not, where is the external force changes the linear momentum?Ans : There is no violation of conservation of momentum because in the earth's frame the component of tension is acting in the horizontal direction.

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