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
- ADimensions but no units
- BNo units and no dimensions
- CBoth units and dimensions
- 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,
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,
, where is the area and is the radius.
Therefore, its dimensions will be, , hence it is also dimensionless.