Water in a bucket is whirled in a vertical circle with a string attached to it. The water does not fall down even when the bucket is inverted at the top of its path. We conclude that in this position

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When a bucket is whirled in a vertical circle with a string attached to it, then at its top position the weight of the water

(mg) acts downward to bring it down while due to inertia water tries to move upward with a force on the bucket. Thus, if the water is not falling at the top position it means mg< .