No more drops!!!

Drops of mercury of charge Q and mass M fall into a spherical vessel of radius 1m from a height of 4R from the base. Find the no. of drops that will enter the sphere.

Use- 9Q2Mg= 109

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Unicorn--- Extinct!! ·

[5]

[12]

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Unicorn--- Extinct!! ·

I think the weight would be balanced by the electric field...but thats all I can think!!!!!!

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Asish Mahapatra ·

Eure hw did u calc ΔUelectrostatic ?

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injun joe ·

Answer is between 0 and 9. Its a numerical based question.

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yes no ·

is it 3 ??

remember that 1/4(pi)(epsilon) = 9 * 10^9

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Devil ·

Yup, iota, I too think the same.

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Unicorn--- Extinct!! ·

@yes..
how does "1/4(pi)(epsilon) = 9 * 10^9" help??

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Unicorn--- Extinct!! ·

I'm getting the answer as 4.

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yes no ·

srry .its 10^9
edited

ok!thhen answer is not 3 ...
may be in the question we shld have 9q^2/mg = 10^-9,then only we can get an answer between 0-9.

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Unicorn--- Extinct!! ·

Found this question somewhere else...
Its given- use 9Q2Mg=10-9

Now someone try??

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eureka123 ·

Assuming 9Q2Mg=10-9

sorry edited now...ans will be 5

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Arshad ~Died~ ·

nicely done...this is one of the questions which were discussed in my class.....

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Unicorn--- Extinct!! ·

Thats done well...but if we use the energy method, i.e. if we use the self energy concept, we get a different answer...plz someone try that method tooo..

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eureka123 ·

I dont think energy method will help us to find teh soln....we need t find limiting cond (when force are balanced)..so no role of energy here..
I hope u understand......

so ans is 5 only[1]

moreover Nishant sir too ahs approved it [1]

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Unicorn--- Extinct!! ·

Yeah, you are right. Energy se I was getting 4.

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