EAMCET Medical EAMCET Medical Solved Paper-1998

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    The electrical resistance of a mercury column in a cylindrical container is R. When the same mercury is poured into another cylindrical container twice the radius of cross-section, the resistance of mercury column now is:

    A)  \[\frac{R}{2}\]                                 

    B)  \[\frac{R}{4}\]

    C)  \[\frac{R}{8}\]                                 

    D)  \[\frac{R}{16}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                     We have, \[R=\frac{\rho l}{A}\]                                                     ?(i)                 Since,    \[m=V\times \rho =Al\rho \]                                 \[A=\frac{m}{l\rho }\Rightarrow l=\frac{m}{A\rho }\]                     ?(ii)                 From Eqs. (i) and (ii)                                 \[R=\frac{\rho M}{A\rho A}=R\propto \frac{1}{{{A}^{2}}}\]                 Hence,                 \[\frac{{{R}_{2}}}{{{R}_{1}}}={{\left( \frac{{{A}_{1}}}{{{A}_{2}}} \right)}^{2}}=\frac{\pi r_{1}^{2}}{\pi r_{2}^{2}}={{\left( \frac{{{r}_{1}}}{{{r}_{2}}} \right)}^{4}}={{\left( \frac{{{r}_{1}}}{2{{r}_{1}}} \right)}^{4}}=\frac{1}{16}\] So, \[{{R}_{2}}=\frac{{{R}_{1}}}{16}=\frac{R}{16}\](since\[{{R}_{1}}=R\])


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