2(ii)
A non-uniform kite is hanging freely from the branch of a tree as shown. Study the figure and answer the following :
(a) Fill in the blank.
............... [P, Q, R or S] is the most probable position of its centre of gravity.
(b) Support your answer to (a) with a reason
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(a) R is the most probable position of its centre of gravity.
(b) When a body is freely suspended from a point, it comes to rest (i.e. stops oscillating) in such a position that its centre of gravity lies vertically below the point of suspension.
So, in the figure, the string from the branch passes vertically through point R, hence R is the most probable position of the kite’s centre of gravity.