Engineering
Physics
Relative Motion
Question

Consider a disc rotating in the horizontal plane with a constant angular speed  ω about its center O. The disc has a shaded region on one side of the diameter and an unshaded region on the other side as shown in the figure. When the disc is in the orientation as shown, two pebbles P and Q are simultaneously projected at an angle towards R. The velocity of projection is in the y-z plane and is same for both pebbles with respect to the disc. Assume that (i) they land back on the disc before the disc has completed  18 rotation, (ii) their range is less than half the disc radius, and (iii)  ω remains constant throughout. Then

 

P lands in the shaded region and Q in the unshaded region

P lands in the unshaded region and Q in the shaded region

Both P and Q land in the shaded region

 Both P and Q land in the unshaded region

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Solution

The velocity of particle at Q is almost entirely in y-z plane. So it will land in unshaded region.

As seen from the rotating frame of reference, particle at P will experience a coriolis force towards the positive x-direction. So it will land in the unshaded region.

 

FCOR=2m(ω×v)