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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - System of particles and rotational motion
  • JEE Mains 2023
  • Medium
  • Numerical

A force of \(- P \hat{k}\) acts on the origin of the coordinate system. The torque about the point \((2,-3)\) is \(P(a \hat{i}+b \hat{j})\), the ratio of \(\frac{a}{b}\) is \(\frac{x}{2}\). The value of \(x\) is

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(C) \(3\)

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\(\tau=\vec{r} \times \vec{F}\)

\(\text { Where } \overrightarrow{ r }=-2 \hat{ i }+3 \hat{ j }\)

\(\tau=(-2 \hat{ i }+3 \hat{ j }) \times(- Pk )\)

\(= P (-2 \hat{ j }-3 \hat{ i })= P (-3 \hat{ i }-2 \hat{ j })\)

\(\Rightarrow \text { So } a =-3, b =-2\)

\(\frac{ a }{ b }=\frac{3}{2}\)

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