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a weight with a mass `m` is attached to the end of a string with a length of length `l` fastened to a vertical rod rtating with a angular velocity `ω`.another string of the same length as the first and carrying on its end another weight with a mass `m` secured to the first weight.

prove that during rotation,the angle between the first string and the vertical will be smaller than the angle between the vertical and the second string.disregard the weight of the string.

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Lokesh Verma ·

draw fbd and proceed...

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Rohan Ghosh ·

we can get answer directly from fbd and writing the equations

let tension in thread 1 be T1 and in Thread 2 be T2

and let angles with the horizontal be θ1 and θ2

then as they both are at a constant height and a constant distance from the pole

we can write the equations

T1cosθ1=mw2r1+T2cosθ2

and T1sinθ1=T2sinθ2=mg

and T2cosθ2=mw2r2

we see that T1cosθ1>T2cosθ2

but T1sinθ1=T2sinθ2
squaring the above equation

T12(1-cos2θ1)=T22(1-cos2θ2)
so we get

T12-T22=(T1cosθ1)2-(T2cosθ2)2

as T1cosθ1>T2cosθ2
T1>T2

but T1sinθ1=T2sinθ2
as T1>T2
sinθ1<sinθ2

so θ1<θ2

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