Properties of Matter 1 Question 6
6. A load of mass is suspended from a steel wire of length and radius in Searle’s apparatus experiment. The increase in length produced in the wire is . Now, the load is fully immersed in a liquid of relative density 2 . The relative density of the material of load is 8 . The new value of increase in length of the steel wire is
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(a) zero
(b)
(c)
(d)
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Answer:
Correct Answer: 6. (d)
Solution:
- When load
is attached to wire, extension in length of wire is
where,
when load is immersed in liquid of relative density 2, increase in length of wire as shown in the figure is
where,
Here given that,
So,
Dividing Eqs. (ii) by (i), we get