JEE Main & Advanced Physics Simple Harmonic Motion Question Bank Simple Pendulum

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    The period of a simple pendulum measured inside a stationary lift is found to be T. If the lift starts accelerating upwards with acceleration of \[g/3,\]then the time period of the pendulum is      [RPMT 2000; DPMT 2000, 03]

    A)            \[\frac{T}{\sqrt{3}}\]        

    B)            \[\frac{T}{3}\]

    C)            \[\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}T\]      

    D)            \[\sqrt{3}\,T\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                       For stationary lift \[{{T}_{1}}=2\pi \sqrt{\frac{l}{g}}\]                    For ascending lift with acceleration a, \[{{T}_{2}}=2\pi \sqrt{\frac{l}{g+a}}\]            \[\Rightarrow \] \[\frac{{{T}_{1}}}{{{T}_{2}}}=\sqrt{\frac{g+a}{g}}\Rightarrow \frac{{{T}_{1}}}{{{T}_{2}}}=\sqrt{\frac{g+\frac{g}{3}}{g}}=\sqrt{\frac{4}{3}}\Rightarrow {{T}_{2}}=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}T\]          


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