J & K CET Medical J & K - CET Medical Solved Paper-2004

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    If the radius of the earth contracts to half of its present day value without change in mass, then the length of the day will be :

    A)  24 h                                      

    B)  48 h

    C)  6 h                                        

    D)  12 h

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                    From law of conservation of angular momentum, \[J=I\omega =\]constant \[\therefore \]  \[{{I}_{1}}{{\omega }_{1}}={{I}_{2}}{{\omega }_{2}}\] where\[I\]is moment of inertia and co the angular velocity. Moment of inertia of earth assuming it be a sphere of radius                 \[R=\frac{2}{5}M{{R}^{2}}\] Also,      \[\omega =\frac{2\pi }{T}\] \[\therefore \]  \[\left( \frac{2}{5}MR_{1}^{2} \right)\left( \frac{2\pi }{{{T}_{1}}} \right)=\left( \frac{2}{5}MR_{2}^{2} \right)\left( \frac{2\pi }{{{T}_{2}}} \right)\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\frac{R_{1}^{2}}{{{T}_{1}}}=\frac{R_{2}^{2}}{{{T}_{2}}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\frac{R_{1}^{2}}{24}={{\left( \frac{{{R}_{1}}}{2} \right)}^{2}}\times \frac{1}{{{T}_{2}}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[{{T}_{2}}=6h\]


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