Water in a bucket is whirled in a vertical circle with a string attached to it. The water does not fall down even when the bucket is inverted at the top of its path. We conclude that in this position.

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Water in a bucket is whirled in a vertical circle with a string attached to it. The water does not fall down even when the bucket is inverted at the top of its path. We conclude that in this position. $V =$ velocity of particle at that position.

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C

Solution:

At highest point

$N \geq 0$

$m g + \frac{m v ^{2}}{R} ⩾ 0$

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At highest point ​ N ≥ 0 ​ ​ m g + R m v 2 ​ ⩾ 0

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