JEE Main & Advanced Physics Simple Harmonic Motion Question Bank Critical Thinking

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    Two simple pendulums of length 5 m and 20 m respectively are given small linear displacement in one direction at the same time. They will again be in the phase when the pendulum of shorter length has completed .... oscillations.                    [CBSE PMT 1998; JIPMER 2001, 02]

    A)            5    

    B)            1

    C)            2    

    D)            3

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                       If t is the time taken by pendulums to come in same phase again first time after \[t=0\].                     and \[{{N}_{S}}=\] Number of oscillations made by shorter length pendulum with time period \[{{T}_{S}}\].                     \[{{N}_{L}}=\] Number of oscillations made by longer length pendulum with time period \[{{T}_{L}}\].                     Then \[t={{N}_{S}}{{T}_{S}}={{N}_{L}}{{T}_{L}}\]                     \[\Rightarrow \] \[{{N}_{S}}2\pi \sqrt{\frac{5}{g}}={{N}_{L}}\times 2\pi \sqrt{\frac{20}{g}}\]          (\[\because T=2\pi \sqrt{\frac{l}{g}}\])                    \[\Rightarrow \] \[{{N}_{S}}=2{{N}_{L}}\] i.e. if \[{{N}_{L}}=1\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[{{N}_{S}}=2\]


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