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A bead of mass m slides along a straight frictionless rigid wire rotating in a horizontal plane with a constant angular speed ω. The axis of rotation is perpendicular to the wire and passes through one end of the wire. If r is the distance of the mass from the axis of rotation and v is its speed, then the magnitude of the Coriolis force is

A. $$\frac{{m{v^2}}}{r}$$

B. $$\frac{{2m{v^2}}}{r}$$

C. mvω

D. 2mvω

Answer: Option D


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