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Question
In the following example of motion, can the body be considered approximately a point object:
A monkey sitting on top of a man cycling smoothly on a circular track.
Solution
The size of a monkey is very small as compared to the size of a circular track. Therefore, the monkey can be considered as a point sized object on the track.
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