A boy is whirling a stone tied with a string in a horizontal circular path. When the string breacks, the stone

Options

A. Will continue to move in the circular parth
B. Will move along a straight line towards the centre of the circular parth
C. Will move along a straight line tangential to the circular path
D. Will move along a straight line perpendicular to circular path aways from the boy

Answer

C

Explanation

In circular motion, the direction of velocity at a point is always along the tangent at that point. If string breaks, then the centripetal force acting on the stone becomes zero and it will move along a straight line tanential to circular parth.

where `V_(A),V_(B),V_(C),V_(D)` are the velocities point A,B,C,D in circular path.