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Two separate soap bubbles of radii 3×10-3 m and 2×10-3 m respectively, formed of same liquid (surface tension 65×10-2 N m-1) come together to form a double bubble. The radius of interface of double bubble is

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A steel wire of cross-sectional area 4 cm2 has elastic limit of 2.2×108 N m-2. The maximum upward acceleration that can be given to a 1000 kg elevator supported by this steel wire if the stress is to exceed one-fourth of the elastic limit is [Take, g=10 m s-2]
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A rubber cord has a cross-sectional area 10-6 m2 and total unstretched length 0.1 m. It is stretched to 0.125 m and then released to project a particle of mass 5.0 g. The velocity of projection is [Given, Young's modulus of rubber, Y=5×108 N m-2]
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A block of wood floats in water with (4/5)th of its volume submerged. If the same block just floats in a liquid, the density of liquid in kg m-3 is
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Breaking stress of a steel wire is p and the density of steel is ρ. The greatest length of steel wire that can hang vertically without breaking is
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If a drop of liquid breaks into smaller droplets, it results in lowering of temperature of the droplets. Let a drop of radius R, break into N small droplets each of radius r, then decrease (drop) in temperature Q (given, specific heat of liquid drop=S and surface tension =T )
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A mild steel wire of length 2 L and cross-sectional area A is stretched, well with in the elastic limit, horizontally between two pillars as shown in figure. A mass m is suspended from the mid-point of the wire. Strain in the wire is

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An ice-berg of density 900 kg m-3 is floating in water of density 1000 kg m-3. The percentage of volume of ice-berg outside the water is 
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Work done in increasing the size of a soap bubble from radius of (3 to 5) cm is nearly (surface tension of soap solution =0.03 N m-1)