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A mass of \[2.9\text{ }kg\] suspended from a string of length 50 cm is at rest. Another body of mass 100 g which is moving horizontally with a velocity of \[150\text{ }m/s\] strikes and sticks to it. What is the tension (in newton) in the string when it makes an angle of \[60{}^\circ \] with the vertical?

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135.3