Solutions Indian National Physics Olympiad - 2010

Please note that equivalent methods/solutions may exist. PART - A 1. (a) PA = 80 i kgms1 , also acceptable PA = 70 i kgms1 ; PB = 70 i kgms1 (b) PA = 20 i kgms1 ; PB = 10 i kgms1 , also acceptable PB = 70/8 i kgms1 (c) Number of tosses by A = 1 (d) See Fig. (1).
x (in meters)
Motion of skater B

; Number of tosses by B = 1

Motion of skater A

(e) See Fig. (2).

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Motion of SkaterB

Motion of SkaterA

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Figure 1:

P 1

P2

Figure 2:

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Coordinates (x,t) P 1 = (3.6,1.4) P2 = (3.5,2.4) P 3 = (3.9,3.8)

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P 3

2. (a) P1 =

Entropy change in A1 = 3. (a) AF = 4.76

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585 65 3R ln + R ln 2 32 27

(c) See Fig. (3). Note that all angles are expressed in degrees.

4. (a) =

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mgR I + mR2 2H (b) = R (c) K = mgH 0 Q i (d) B = 2 l =0 0 QR2 (e) E = 4lr = 0 Qr 4l

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7.6 5.2 3.9 3.1

(b) D = 2.1

Figure 3:

for r < R

for r > R

for r R

for r < R 2

243 243 P0 ; P3 = P0 32 32 8 8 ; V2 = V0 ; V3 = V0 27 27 9 9 ; T1 = T0 ; T1 = T0 4 4 15 (b) Work done = P0 V0 4 1899 P0 V0 (c) Heat supplied = 64 (d) Entropy change in A2 + A3 = 0 ; P2 =

243 P0 32 65 V1 = V0 27 585 T0 T1 = 32

(f) em = QER mgR 0 Q2 R2 I + mR2 + 4l mgH (I + mR2 ) (h) K = 0 Q2 R2 I + mR2 + 4l 2 B (i) K K = R2 l 20 (j) Some possible interpretations are (g) =

5. (a) k = 0.12 hr1 (c) 5.0 liters

(b) A = 3.70104 s1 , also acceptable A = 2.62104 s1 .

1. b 2. e 3. d 4. d 5. e

6. d 7. a 8. c

9. b 10. c

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11. e 12. e 13. b 14. e 15. d 16. c 17. c 18. d 19. c 20. a

i. It is the magnetic energy stored in shell. magnetic energy = magnetic energy density(B 2 /20 ) Volume (R2 l) and/or ii. It is the self inductance energy (1/2 Li2 ) of the system. and/or iii. Poynting vector argument can also show that it is magnetic energy. B 2 R2 l 1 E Bdt = K K = (2Rl) 0 20