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Motion in Straight Line
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In which of the following examples of motion, can the body be considered approximately a point object:

c) a spinning cricket ball that turns sharply on hitting the ground.

Answer

The size of a spinning cricket ball is comparable to the distance through which it turns sharply on hitting the ground. Therefore, the cricket ball cannot be considered as a point object.

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Can you think of physical phenomena involving the moon in which moon cannot be treated as particle?

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(c) A train moving along the equator of the earth in clockwise direction. 

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