Question

Be sure you understand why a pendulum in equilibrium hanging in a car that is accelerating forward tilts backward, and then consider the following: A helium balloon is anchored by a massless string to the floor of a car that is accelerating forward with acceleration A. Explain clearly why the balloon tends to tilt forward and find its angle of tilt in equilibrium. [Hint: Helium balloons float because of the buoyant Archimedean force, which results from a pressure gradient in the air. What is the relation between the directions of the gravitational field and the buoyant force?]

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Answer:

A helium filled balloon floats forwards in a accelerating car because of the pressure difference between the front and the back of the car. When the car is accelerating, the air moves relitive to the car and the consequence is that the pressure in the back is slightly higher than in the front; which results in net force in forward direction.

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