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

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    ­­A man measures the period of a simple pendulum inside a stationary lift and finds it to be T sec. If the lift accelerates upwards with an acceleration \[g/4\], then the period of the pendulum will be                  [NCERT 1990; BHU 2001]

    A)            T

    B)            \[\frac{T}{4}\]

    C)            \[\frac{2T}{\sqrt{5}}\]

    D)            \[2T\sqrt{5}\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                       In stationary lift \[T=2\pi \sqrt{\frac{l}{g}}\]                    In upward moving lift \[{T}'=2\pi \sqrt{\frac{l}{(g+a)}}\]                    (\[a=\]Acceleration of lift)            \[\Rightarrow \] \[\frac{{{T}'}}{T}=\sqrt{\frac{g}{g+a}}=\sqrt{\frac{g}{\left( g+\frac{g}{4} \right)}}=\sqrt{\frac{4}{5}}\] \[\Rightarrow {T}'=\frac{2T}{\sqrt{5}}\]


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