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4. A pendulum bob of mass mm on a cord of length LL is pulled sideways until the cord makes an angle θ\theta with the vertical as shown in the figure to the right. The change in potential energy of the bob during the displacement is: (A) mgL(1−cos⁡θ)\mathrm{mgL}(1-\cos \theta) (B) mgL(1−sin⁡θ)\mathrm{mgL}(1-\sin \theta) (C) mgLsin⁡θ\mathrm{mgL} \sin \theta (D) mgLcos⁡θ\mathrm{mgL} \cos \theta ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/diraq-contents/question-bank/question-images/fd422fdb3056/2025_11_20_b6e29c73d98739775023g-01.jpg)

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