Q.

A conical pendulum consists of a simple pendulum moving in a horizontal circle as shown in the figure. C is the pivot, O the centre of the circle in which the pendulum bob moves and ω the constant angular velocity of the bob. If L→ is the angular momentum about point C, then

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L→ is constant

only direction of L→ is constant

only magnitude of L→ is constant

none of the above

answer is 3.

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The direction of L→ is perpendicular to the line joining the bob at point C. Since this line keeps changing its orientation in space, direction of L→ keeps changing, however, as ω is constant, magnitude of L→ remains constant. Method-2: The torque about point is perpendicular to the angular momentum vector about point C. Hence it can only change the direction of L, and not its magnitude.

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