JCECE Engineering JCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2005

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    A heavy brass sphere is hung from a weightless inelastic spring and as a simple pendulum its time period of oscillation is \[T\]. When the sphere is immersed in a non-viscous liquid of density \[1/10\] that of brass, it will act as a simple pendulum of period:

    A) \[T\]                                     

    B) \[\frac{10}{9}T\]

    C) \[\sqrt{\left( \frac{9}{10} \right)T}\]                       

    D)  \[\sqrt{\left( \frac{10}{9} \right)T}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    The time period pendulum in air                 \[T=2\pi \sqrt{\frac{l}{g}}\]                                          ? (i) \[l\]being the length of simple pendulum. In liquid, effective weight of sphere \[w'=\]weight of bob in air \[-\] up thrust \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\rho v{{g}_{eff}}=mg-m'g\]                 \[=\rho vg-\rho 'vg=(\rho -\rho ')vg\] where \[\rho '=\]density of sphere \[\rho =\]density of liquid \[\therefore \]  \[{{g}_{eff}}=\left( \frac{\rho -\rho /10}{\rho } \right)g=\frac{9}{10}g\] Thus,     \[T'=2\pi \sqrt{\frac{l}{{{g}_{eff}}}}=2\pi \sqrt{\frac{l}{\frac{9}{10}g}}\]                 \[\frac{T'}{T}=\sqrt{\frac{10}{9}}\] or            \[T'=\sqrt{\frac{10}{9}}T\]


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