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An open water tanker moving on a horizontal straight road has a cubical block of cork floating over its surface if the tanker has an acceleration of `a` as shown, the acceleration of the cork w.r.t container is ignore viscosity.

A

zero

B

1

C

2

D

3

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The correct Answer is:
A
`ma_(rel)=mg sin theta- ma cos theta`
but for water surface `tan theta=a//g`
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