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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - System of particles and rotational motion
  • JEE Mains 2024
  • Hard
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A heavy iron bar, of weight \(\mathrm{W}\) is having its one end on the ground and the other on the shoulder of a person. The bar makes an angle \(\theta\) with the horizontal. The weight experienced by the person is _______.

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(A) \(\frac{W}{2}\)

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\(R=\) net reaction force by shoulder
Balancing torque about pt of contact on ground:
\(\mathrm{W}\left(\frac{\mathrm{L}}{2} \cos \theta\right)=\mathrm{R}(\mathrm{L} \cos \theta)\)
\(\Rightarrow \mathrm{R}=\frac{\mathrm{W}}{2}\)
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