Physics

A uniform circular motion is an accelerated motion. Explain it. State whether the acceleration is uniform or variable? Name the force responsible to cause this acceleration. What is the direction of force at any instant? Draw diagram in support of your answer.

When an object goes on a circular path at a constant speed, the amount of its velocity does not change; it just changes its direction. As a result, it's referred to as consistently accelerated motion.

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A, B and C are the three forces each of magnitude 4N acting in the plane of the paper as shown in Figure. The point O lies in the same plane. (i) Which force has the least moment about O? Give a reason. (ii) Which force has the greatest moment about O? Give a reason.

(i) Moment of force= Force x Perpendicular distance, as we all know. Because the perpendicular distance between vector C and point O is the shortest, As a result, vector C will have the smallest...

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A piece of ice of mass 40 g is added to 200 g of water at 50oC. Calculate the final temperature of the water when all the ice has melted. Specific heat capacity of water = 4200 J kg-1 K-1 and specific latent heat of fusion of ice =336 x 103 J kg-1.

Solution: According to the question, ice of mass 40 g is added to 200 g of water at 50oC. WE have to calculate the final temperature when all the ice has melted. Let this final temperature of the...

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In an experiment, 17 g of ice is used to bring down the temperature of 40 g of water at 34oC to its freezing temperature. The specific heat capacity of water is 4.2 J g-1 K-1. Calculate the specific latent heat of ice. State one important assumption made in the above calculation.

Solution: According to the question Mass of ice (m1) is 17 g Mass of water m2 is 40 g Change in temperature is given by 34 – 0 = 34 K We know that the specific heat capacity of water is 4.2 J...

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A refrigerator converts 100 g of water at 20oC to ice at -10oC in 73.5 min. calculate the average rate of heat extraction in watt. The specific heat capacity of water is 4.2 J g-1 K-1, specific latent heat of ice is 336 J g-1 and the specific heat capacity of ice is 2.1 J g-1 K-1.

Solution: According to the question, mass of water is 100g at 20 degrees C is converted to ice at -10 degrees C in 73.5 mins. We will first calculate the heat energy by using the following...

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45 g of water at 50C in a beaker is cooled when 50 g of copper at 18oC is added to it. The contents are stirred till a final constant temperature is reached. Calculate the final temperature. The specific heat capacity of copper is 0.39 J g-1 K-1 and that of water is 4.2 J g-1 K-1. State the assumptions used.

Solution: According to the question, Mass of water (m1) is 45 g Temperature of water (T1) is 500 C Mass of copper (m2) is 50 g Temperature of copper (T2) is 180 C We have to find the final...

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A mass m1 of a substance of specific heat capacity c1 at temperature T1 is mixed with a mass m2 of other substance of specific heat capacity c2 at a lower temperature T2. Deduce the expression for the temperature t of the mixture. State the assumption made, if any.

Solution: According to the statement, a mass m1 of a substance A having specific heat capacity c1 at temperature T1 is mixed with a mass m2 of other substance B having specific heat capacity c2 at a...

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A microphone is connected to the Y-input of a C.R.O. Three different sounds are made in turn in front of the microphone. Their traces (a), (b) and (c) produced on the screen are shown in figure
(i) Which trace is due to the loudest sound? Give the reason for your answer.
(ii) Which trace is due to the sound with the lowest pitch? Explain your answer.

(i) Because the loudest sound has the highest amplitude, Figure (b) is attributable to it. (ii) Because frequency is the lowest, figure (a) is due to the sound with the lowest pitch.

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The diagram below shows three different modes of vibration P, Q and R of the same string of a givens length.
(a) Which vibration will produce a louder sound and why?
(b) Which vibration will produce sound of maximum shrillness (or pitch) and why?
(c) What is the ratio of the wavelength of vibrations P and R?

(a) R has the greatest amplitude. As a result, R will make a louder sound. (b) P has the highest frequency. As a result, P will generate the most shrillness. (c) The wavelength ratio of the...

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