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NEET 2022
Exam
NEET
Year
2022
Subject
Physics
Chapter
Units and Dimensions

NEET 2022 · Physics · Units and Dimensions

Plane angle and solid angle have:

Plane angle and solid angle have:

Options

  1. ADimensions but no units
  2. BNo units and no dimensions
  3. CBoth units and dimensions
  4. DUnits but no dimensions

Correct answer

D. Units but no dimensions

Step-by-step solution

SI unit of plane angle is radian & Unit of solid angle is steradian.

For dimension of plane angle:

Arc length, l=rθl = r\theta

⇒θ=lr=[M0L1T0][M0L1T0]=[M0L0T0]⇒ \theta = \dfrac{l}{r} = \dfrac{\left[{M}^{0}{L}^{1}{T}^{0}\right]}{\left[{M}^{0}{L}^{1}{T}^{0}\right]} = \left[{M}^{0}{L}^{0}{T}^{0}\right]

Clearly, it is a ratio of two quantities of the same dimension, hence it is dimensionless.

For dimension of solid angle:

Solid angle can be considered as a 3D analogue of a plane angle. It is given by the equation,

Ω=Ar2Ω = \dfrac{A}{{r}^{2}}, where AA is the area and RR is the radius.

Therefore, its dimensions will be, =[M0L2T0][M0L2T0]=[M0L0T0]= \dfrac{\left[{M}^{0}{L}^{2}{T}^{0}\right]}{\left[{M}^{0}{L}^{2}{T}^{0}\right]} = \left[{M}^{0}{L}^{0}{T}^{0}\right], hence it is also dimensionless.

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