MGIMS WARDHA MGIMS WARDHA Solved Paper-2015

  • question_answer
    An electric cable of copper has just one wire of radius 9 mm with resistance\[5\,\Omega \]. This single copper wire of cable is replaced by 4 different well insulated copper wires each of radius 3 mm. The total resistance of the cable now will be

    A)  \[22.5\,\Omega \]                         

    B)  \[45\,\Omega \]

    C)  \[9\,\Omega \]                               

    D)  \[11.25\,\Omega \]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                     For single wire cable \[R=\frac{\rho l}{\pi {{r}^{2}}}=\frac{\rho l}{\pi {{(9\times {{10}^{-3}})}^{2}}}=5\,\Omega \] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\frac{\rho l}{\pi }=81\times 5\times {{10}^{-6}}\]                 \[=4.05\times {{10}^{-4}}\] For other wire of cable                 \[R=\frac{\rho l}{\pi r_{1}^{2}}=4.05\times {{10}^{-4}}\times \frac{1}{{{(3\times {{10}^{-3}})}^{2}}}\]                 \[=\frac{405}{9}\times \frac{{{10}^{-6}}}{{{10}^{-6}}}\]                 \[R=45\,\Omega \] When 4 were each of resistance\[R\]are connected in parallel then effective resistance Will be                 \[{{R}_{p}}=\frac{R}{4}=\frac{45}{4}=11.25\Omega \]


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