Manipal Medical Manipal Medical Solved Paper-2003

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    If retardation produced by air resistance of projectile is one-tenth of acceleration due to gravity, the time to reach maximum height:

    A)  decreases by 11 percent

    B)  increases by 11 percent

    C)  decreases by 90 percent

    D)  increases by 90 percent

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

     Suppose to be the time to reach maximum height in the absence of air resistance, then from the relation \[{{t}_{0}}=\frac{u\sin \alpha }{g}\] ?.(1) when a is retardation caused by air resistance, then total retardation will be \[{{t}_{1}}=\frac{u\sin \alpha }{g+a}=\frac{u\sin \alpha }{g+\left( \frac{1}{10} \right)g}=\frac{10u\sin \alpha }{11g}\]    ?(2) Now from equations (1) and (2), we have \[{{t}_{1}}=\frac{10}{11}{{t}_{0}}\]or \[{{t}_{1}}=90%{{t}_{0}}\] Time will decrease by 90%.


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