JEE Main & Advanced Physics Current Electricity, Charging & Discharging Of Capacitors / वर्तमान बिजली, चार्ज और कैपेसिटर का निर Question Bank Grouping of Resistances

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    Two wires of the same material and equal length are joined in parallel combination.  If one of them has half the thickness of the other and the thinner wire has a resistance of 8 ohms, the resistance of the combination is equal to [AMU (Engg.) 2000]

    A)         \[\frac{5}{8}\,\,ohms\]

    B)                    \[\frac{8}{5}\,\,ohms\]

    C)         \[\frac{3}{8}\,\,ohms\]

    D)                        \[\frac{8}{3}\,\,ohms\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                 \[\rho -\text{same, }\,l-\text{same, }\,{{A}_{2}}=\frac{1}{4}{{A}_{1}}\] (as \[{{r}_{2}}=\frac{{{r}_{1}}}{2}\]) By using \[R=\rho \frac{l}{A}\Rightarrow \frac{{{R}_{1}}}{{{R}_{2}}}=\frac{{{A}_{2}}}{{{A}_{1}}}\Rightarrow \frac{{{R}_{1}}}{8}=\frac{1}{4}\Rightarrow {{R}_{1}}=2\Omega \]                    Hence, \[{{R}_{eq}}=\frac{{{R}_{1}}{{R}_{2}}}{{{R}_{1}}+{{R}_{2}}}=\frac{2\times 8}{(2+8)}=\frac{8}{5}\Omega .\]


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