A bob of heavy mass is suspended by a light string of length . The bob is given a horizontal velocity as shown in figure. If the string gets slack at some point making an angle from the horizontal, the ratio of the speed of the bob at point to its initial speed is:

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- B
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Correct answer: B

At Point $P, m g \sin \theta=\frac{m v^2}{l}\quad\text{..... (1)}$
By conservation of mechanical energy at point $P \in Q$
$$\frac{1}{2} m v_0^2=\frac{1}{2} m v^2+m g(I+I \sin \theta)$$
$$\begin{aligned} \& \frac{v_0^2}{2}=\frac{v^2}{2}+g l(1+\sin \theta) \\ \& \text { Put gl }=\frac{v^2}{\sin \theta} \text { using (1) } \\ \& \frac{v_0^2}{2}=\frac{v^2}{2}+\frac{v^2}{\sin \theta}(1+\sin \theta) \\ \& \frac{v_0^2}{2}=\frac{v^2}{2}+\frac{v^2}{\sin \theta}+v^2 \\ \& \frac{v_0^2}{2}=\frac{3}{2} v^2+\frac{2 v^2}{2 \sin \theta} \\ \& v_0^2=v^2\left[3+\frac{2}{\sin \theta}\right] \\ \& \frac{v}{v_0}=\left(\frac{\sin \theta}{3 \sin \theta+2}\right)^{\frac{1}{2}} \end{aligned}$$
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