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Chapter: Mechanical Properties of Solids

JEE Main · Physics · Mechanical Properties of Solids

One end of thick horizontal copper wire of length '2L' and radius...

One end of thick horizontal copper wire of length '2L' and radius '2R' is welded to an end of another thin horizontal copper wire of length 'L' and radius 'R'. When they are stretched by applying same force at two ends, the ratio of the elongation in the thick wire to that in thin wire is

One end of thick horizontal copper wire of length '2L' and radius '2R' is welded to an end of another thin horizontal

Options

A $1: 2$
B $4: 1$
C $2: 1$
D $1: 1$

Correct answer

C. $2: 1$

Step-by-step solution

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\mathrm{C}

) We have change in length \triangle \mathrm{l}=\frac{\mathrm{F} . \mathrm{l}}{\mathrm{YA}}

Since the two rods are in series

\begin{array}{l} \left(\mathrm{F}_{1}\right)_{\text {rest }}=\left(\mathrm{F}_{2}\right)_{\text {ret }}\\ \Delta \mathrm{l} \propto \frac{1}{\mathrm{R}^{2}} \quad \left(\because \mathrm{A}=\pi \mathrm{R}^{2}\right)\\ \therefore \frac{\Delta \mathrm{l}_{1}}{\Delta \mathrm{l}_{2}}=\frac{\mathrm{l}_{1}}{\mathrm{l}_{2}} \times \frac{\mathrm{R}_{2}{ }^{2}}{\mathrm{R}_{1}{ }^{2}}\\ \frac{\Delta \mathrm{l}_{1}}{\Delta \mathrm{l}_{2}}=\frac{2 \mathrm{~L}}{\mathrm{~L}} \times \frac{\mathrm{R}_{1}{ }^{2}}{4 \mathrm{R}_{1}{ }^{2}}\\ \frac{\Delta \mathrm{l}_{1}}{\Delta \mathrm{l}_{2}}=\frac{1}{2}\\ \therefore \frac{\Delta \mathrm{l}_{2}}{\Delta \mathrm{l}_{1}}=\frac{2}{1}=2 \end{array}

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