Manipal Medical Manipal Medical Solved Paper-2000

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    On a planet a freely falling body takes 2 sec when it is dropped from a height of 8 m, the time period of simple pendulum of length 1 m on that planet is:

    A)  3.14 sec          

    B)  16.28 sec

    C)  1.57 sec           

    D)  none of these

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

     Here: Time\[t=2\]sec, height\[h=8\text{ }m\] Initial velocity \[v=0\] Length of pendulum\[=1\text{ }m\] Relation for the height is given by, \[h=ut+\frac{1}{2}g{{t}^{2}}\] \[8=0\times 2+\frac{1}{2}g\times {{2}^{2}}=2g\] \[2g=8\]or \[g=4\text{ }m/{{s}^{2}}\] Hence, the time period T is given by, \[=2\pi \sqrt{\frac{l}{g}}=2\pi \sqrt{\frac{1}{4}}=\pi \] \[=3.14\text{ }sec\]


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