Manipal Medical Manipal Medical Solved Paper-2000

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    The new resistance of wire of\[R\text{ }\Omega ,\]whose radius is reduced half, is:

    A)  16R             

    B)  3R

    C)  2R            

    D)  R

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

     Here: Initial resistance \[{{R}_{1}}=R\] Initial radius\[{{r}_{1}}=r,\]filial radius\[{{r}_{2}}=\frac{r}{2}\]The volume of the wire remain constant even when radius is reduced. It means  \[{{A}_{1}}{{l}_{1}}={{A}_{2}}{{l}_{2}}\] or       \[\pi r_{1}^{2}{{l}_{1}}=\pi r_{2}^{2}{{l}_{2}}\] \[{{\left( \frac{{{r}_{2}}}{{{r}_{1}}} \right)}^{2}}=\frac{{{l}_{1}}}{{{l}_{2}}}\] Or \[{{l}_{2}}=4{{l}_{1}}\] Also, resistance of wire is \[R=\frac{\rho l}{A}\propto \frac{l}{A}\] Hence,  \[\frac{{{R}_{1}}}{{{R}_{2}}}=\frac{{{l}_{1}}}{{{A}_{1}}}\times \frac{{{A}_{2}}}{{{l}_{2}}}\] \[\frac{{{R}_{1}}}{{{R}_{2}}}=\frac{{{l}_{1}}}{\pi r_{1}^{2}}\times \frac{\pi r_{2}^{2}}{{{l}_{2}}}\] \[\frac{{{R}_{1}}}{{{R}_{2}}}=\frac{{{l}_{1}}}{2{{l}_{2}}}\times \frac{{{l}_{1}}}{{{l}_{2}}}\] \[\frac{{{R}_{1}}}{{{R}_{2}}}=\frac{{{l}_{1}}}{4{{l}_{1}}}\times \frac{{{l}_{1}}}{4{{l}_{1}}}=\frac{1}{4}\] So, new resistance is given by, \[{{R}_{2}}=16{{R}_{1}}=16R\]


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