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Q.

An insect is at the bottom of a hemi spherical ditch of radius 1m. It crawls up the ditch but starts slipping after it is at a height h from the bottom. If the coefficient of friction between the ground and the insect is 0.75 , then h is (g=10ms2)

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a

0.20 m   

b

 0.45 m

c

0.60 m 

d

0.80 m

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

Here   N=mgcosθ,f=μN=μmgcosθ

Insect will start slipping if mgsinθf

mgsinθμmgcosθ

tanθμ

For limiting value , tanθ=μ=0.75

h=RRcosθ=11×45=0.20m

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