Figure shows a spring coin which tends to remain vertical but topples immediately it stops spinning.

      

Figure shows a spring coin which tends to remain vertical but topples immediately it stops spinning.
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Explain this observation

  

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sharon
It remains vertical because the shape generated by the rotation is always symmetric, so its centre
of gravity falls directly above the point of support. It therefore remains vertical for sometime.
sharon kalunda answered the question on April 3, 2019 at 15:47


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