CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2003

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    An electric heater boils 1 kg of water in a time\[{{t}_{1}}\]. Another heater boils the same amount of water in a time\[{{t}_{2}}\]. When the two heaters are connected in parallel, the time required by them together to boil the same amount of water is:

    A)  \[{{t}_{1}}+{{t}_{2}}\]                   

    B)  \[{{t}_{1}}{{t}_{2}}\]                     

    C)  \[\frac{{{t}_{1}}+{{t}_{2}}}{2}\]

    D)         \[\frac{{{t}_{1}}-{{t}_{2}}}{2}\]

    E)  \[\frac{{{t}_{1}}{{t}_{2}}}{{{t}_{1}}+{{t}_{2}}}\]

    Correct Answer: E

    Solution :

    Let\[{{R}_{1}}\]and\[{{R}_{2}}\]be the resistances of the coils \[H=\frac{{{V}^{2}}{{t}_{1}}}{{{R}_{1}}}\]and \[H=\frac{{{V}^{2}}{{t}_{2}}}{{{R}_{2}}}\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[\frac{{{t}_{1}}}{{{R}_{1}}}=\frac{{{t}_{2}}}{{{R}_{2}}},\]i.e., \[\frac{{{R}_{2}}}{{{R}_{1}}}=\frac{{{t}_{2}}}{{{t}_{1}}}\] ?? (1) Now in parallel                 \[R=\frac{{{R}_{1}}{{R}_{2}}}{{{R}_{1}}+{{R}_{2}}}={{R}_{1}}\] \[\therefore \]  \[H=\frac{{{V}^{2}}t}{R}\]                            ?.. (2) Now      \[\frac{{{V}^{2}}t}{R}=\frac{{{V}^{2}}{{t}_{1}}}{{{R}_{1}}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\frac{t\times ({{R}_{1}}+{{R}_{2}})}{{{R}_{1}}{{R}_{2}}}=\frac{{{t}_{1}}}{{{R}_{1}}}\]      ?? (3) On using Eqs. (1) and (3), we get                 \[t=\frac{{{t}_{1}}{{t}_{2}}}{{{t}_{1}}+{{t}_{2}}}\]


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