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JEE Main 26 June 2022, Shift 2, Physics Q53

Question 53 of 90 in this shift, Physics question 23 of 30, Section B.

A system to 10 balls each of mass 2 kg are connected via massless and unstretchable string. The system is allowed to slip over the edge of a smooth table as shown in figure. Tension on the string between the 7th7^{th} and 8th8^{th} ball is ________ N when 6th6^{th} ball just leaves the table.

The figure, in words

A rectangular table drawn in side view with a row of small circles (balls) along its top edge, the left end labelled 10th ball; the string goes over the right edge of the table and a short vertical column of balls hangs down, the lowest labelled 1st ball.

Official answer

36

NTA final key.

Chapter
Laws of Motion
Topic
Newton's Laws of Motion
Idea tested
Slipping Chain on a Smooth Table

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Question text from the official JEE Main paper published by NTA; answer from the final answer key. Chapter, topic and idea tags, difficulty and skill are Lumi’s. This question needs a figure we do not reproduce; it is described in words above. Lumi analyses 108 of the 174 JEE Main shifts held from 2017 to 2026.